State v. Milliman

YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was charged by complaint with theft over $150 by fraudulently obtaining welfare assistance, Minn.Stat. §§ 256.98 and 609.52, subd. 3(2) (1982). He waived his right to a jury trial and was found guilty by the trial court. The trial court sentenced defendant to 14 months in prison, but stayed execution of the sentence and placed defendant on probation for 5 years, conditioned on his serving 6 months in jail and performing 100 hours of community service. The trial court stayed the jail term and the community service pending this appeal. We affirm.

In 1981, an investigator…