State v. Schoenrock

OPINION

HUDSON, Justice.

The question presented to us is whether the district court committed reversible error when it declined to include the phrase “with intent to defraud” in its jury instruction on the elements of theft by false representation under Minn. Stat. § 609.52, subd. 2(a)(3)(iii) (2016). Following a jury trial, appellant Tammy Jo Schoenrock was convicted of two counts of theft by false representation for submitting timesheets and receiving payments for personal care assistant services that she did not perform. The court of appeals affirmed her convictions, concluding that the…