People v. McClendon

Mr. PRESIDING JUDGE MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court denying her application for probation after she pleaded guilty to the charge of theft of property of $750.00 in value in violation of Chapter 38, Sec. 13—1(b) of the Illinois Revised Statutes.

The defendant became employed as a case worker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid in June of 1967 at a salary of $550.00 per month and was involved in two separate methods of defrauding the State during the period of January 21, 1968 and September 9, 1968. One method was to use her…