Watkins v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery in a jury trial and appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for new trial.

Viewed in a light to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that appellant’s accomplice entered the victim’s home and physically attacked him, eventually wrestling him to his bed where she forcibly restrained him by placing her knee in his abdomen and her arms around his neck. The victim then saw appellant peek through the front door. Appellant entered the house, threw a coat over the victim’s head, reached under the victim’s mattress and took the victim’s…