State v. McGhee, 07ap-216 (12-4-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, State of Ohio, appeals from a substantive law ruling by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rendered in appellant's prosecution of defendant-appellee, Betty J. McGhee, for Medicaid fraud. For the reasons set forth below, we find no error in the trial court's substantive law ruling that appellant challenges.

{¶ 2} By indictment filed March 21, 2006, it was alleged that appellee committed acts of Medicaid fraud, in violation of R.C. 2913.40(B), over an 11-month period, and that the aggregate value of the Medicaid funds at issue exceeded $5,000, thus…