State v. Tucker

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant was an eligibility worker in the food stamp section of Casa Grande, Department of Economic Security. She was indicted by the Pinal County grand jury on April 7, 1975, and on July 28, 1975, after a jury trial, she was convicted of 13 counts of forgery, violations of A.R.S. § 13-421. Appellant was sentenced one to three years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

The state alleged from February 1974, through February 1975, appellant, while an employee of the State of Arizona, falsely initiated fictitious food stamp cases, certifying non-existent…