Benefield v. State

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary and Issues

Gloria Benefield presented a document at a job interview showing that she was certified as a Qualified Medication Aide (“QMA”). It was later discovered that she was not QMA certified. Benefield was charged with and convicted of class C felony forgery and with being an habitual offender. She appealed, arguing, inter alia, that jury instruction 6 improperly defined “defraud” and created fundamental error. Another panel of this court concluded that although jury instruction 6 improperly defined “defraud,” it did not rise to the level of fundamental…