Woods v. State

The appellant, Cynthia Y. Woods, was convicted of theft by deception in the first degree,1 in violation of § 13A-8-2(2), §13A-8-3(a) Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The appellant raises six issues on appeal.

The state's evidence tended to show that during March 1991 and February 1992, the appellant extorted approximately $60,000 from Virginia Sanderson. Mrs. Sanderson testified that she became acquainted with the appellant and her husband in March 1991 when the appellant offered to help Mrs. Sanderson move some boxes into her house if Mrs. Sanderson…