Frye v. State

The appellant was charged in a five count indictment for violating Act No. 645, Acts of Alabama 1976, approved August 24, 1976 (now § 22-1-10, Code of Ala. 1975, 1978 Supp.). That Act provides in pertinent part that any person who, "with intent to defraud or deceive, makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any claim or application for any payment, regardless of amount, from the Medical Services Administration, knowing the same to be false," shall be guilty of a felony carrying a penalty of a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not…