Coles v. State

The appellant, Charles William Coles, stands convicted of seven counts of welfare fraud. 1 He brings this appeal not from the initial conviction and sentence but from the subsequent revocation of his probation apd reinstatement of the balance of seven concurrent ten year prison terms previously suspended at the time probation was granted.

On September 1, 1978, a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County convicted appellant of seven counts of false or fraudulent statements made in applications for public assistance benefits in violation of Md. Code (1957, 1979 Repl. Vol., 1980 Cum.…