State of Maine v. Crystal Hodsdon

[¶1] Crystal Hodsdon appeals from a judgment of conviction of one count of theft by deception (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 354(1)(B)(1) (2015), in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Billings, J.) after a bench trial. Hodsdon was charged with improperly accepting more than $109,003 in benefits from MaineCare by misrepresenting that her two minor chil dren lived with her fifty percent or more of the time. We affirm her conviction,

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] The following facts are taken from the trial record, and we review them “in the light most favorable to the State to determine whether the fact-finder…