State v. Dumond

The defendant, Robert L. Dumond, was indicted for theft in the first degree, committed by obtaining $534 in unemployment benefits from the Employment Division of the State Department of Human Resources during a period when defendant was employed and earning wages. Thereafter the Employment Division acknowledged that defendant had paid it “in full in the amount of $534”. In a later letter, the Employment Division advised the district attorney that in accepting the $534 it had “specifically refused to compromise the case”. Thereafter the trial court ordered the case compromised and the…