People v. Ruster

Opinion

CLARK, J.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of 1 count of grant theft (Pen. Code, §§ 484, 487, subd. 1) and 14 counts of forgery (Pen. Code, § 470) based on unemployment insurance fraud. He was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law, the terms on the forgery counts to run concurrently with the grand theft term. The principal question presented by this appeal is whether section 2101 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, classifying as a misdemeanor fraudulent representation to obtain unemployment benefits, is a special statute…