Legal Opinion

State v. Hopkins

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 28, 1987PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Patricia A. Hopkins appeals from judgments of conviction entered by the Superior Court, Cumberland County, upon a jury verdict of guilty of two counts of theft by deception, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 354 (1983), and two counts of unsworn falsification, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 453(1)(B)(1) (1983). These charges involve illegal receipt of “welfare benefits” — Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) and food stamps — from the Maine Department of Human Services (DHS). Hopkins was tried on a theory of accomplice liability — that Hopkins was an accomplice to Clinton Jackson in committing the…

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