COOKSTON v. State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Nina Cookston was convicted of felony theft by taking, after a jury found that she took more than $500 from a house she was hired to clean. Cookston appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. We affirm.

When an appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

So viewed, the evidence showed…