State v. Ward

BRASWELL, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for welfare fraud. She sought to have this charge dismissed on the grounds that she had been denied her Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial and that she and other black females similarly situated were selectively prosecuted for welfare fraud in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Her motion to dismiss was denied, and she was subsequently convicted of felonious food stamp fraud. The defendant has appealed the denial of her motion to dismiss on the basis of selective prosecution.

Mr. Edward L. Garrison, Director of…