Horne v. State

FAULKNER, Justice.

The defendant was arrested for welfare fraud and charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. We granted certio-rari to review a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals, 453 So.2d 1068, that the indictment by which charges were brought against this defendant was defective because it failed to name the person at the Department of Pensions and Security to whom the false statements were allegedly made. The indictment charged, inter alia, that:

“Alice Freeman Horne, whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown than as stated, did falsely pretend to the Alabama State…