State v. Benoit

The defendant, Donna Benoit, was charged with welfare fraud contrary to 33 V.S.A. § 2581. The offense charged allegedly took place between the 25th of May, 1971, and July 1, 1972. Trial by court was held on November 15 and November 16, 1972 before the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 3, Franklin Circuit. On December 6, 1972, the lower court issued a judgment order finding that the defendant was guilty of the offense charged. Defendant has taken her appeal here from the judgment below.

The evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the State, was that the defendant was the mother of a…