Blake v. Racine County Human Services Department

¶ 1. Sonja Blake was convicted in 1986 of misdemeanor welfare fraud in violation of Wis. Stat. § 49.12(9) (1985-86), since renumbered as Wis. Stat. § 49.95(9) (2011-12). The elements of Blake's crime required proof that (1) Blake was receiving public assistance from a public agency on the basis of facts originally stated by Blake to that public agency, (2) those facts changed, (3) Blake knew she had a duty to report the change and purposely failed to do so within ten days of the change, and (4) Blake continued to receive public assistance after failing to report the *502change. See Wis JI —…