STATE OF MISSOURI v. ANGELA M. PLIEMLING

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD36831 vs. ) ) Filed: May 4, 2022 ANGELA M. PLIEMLING, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF IRON COUNTY Honorable Kelly W. Parker, Judge REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS Angela Pliemling appeals her felony conviction for unlawful receipt of public assistance benefits. She asserts the state did not meet its burden to present evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude she knowingly received benefits to which she was not legally entitled. We are required to decide this appeal on a different ground. Because the trial court…