Wade v. State

Stolz, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of attempted theft by taking and his sentence of 6-months’ imprisonment, by the trial judge without the intervention of a jury.

1. "A person commits criminal attempt when, with intent to commit a specific crime, he performs any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of that crime.” Code Ann. § 26-1001 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1274).

The judgment of conviction was authorized by evidence that a department store salesperson had a money pouch, containing $55.96 in cash and checks, in her hand when she waited on the…