Daniels v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant was charged with theft by deception of an amount in excess of $2,500, a class B felony, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2203 (Repl. 1977). Specifically, appellant was accused by Arkansas Social Services of receiving welfare benefits in an amount in excess of $8,000 by fraud. At her trial, in which she waived a jury, a witness called by the State was asked by the prosecutor to testify to the amount of welfare benefits paid to appellant. The trial court sustained appellant’s objection to the competency of the witness to testify on the matter, and following…