State v. Voyles

691 S.W.2d 452 (1985)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Edith M. VOYLES, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 13564.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

May 1, 1985.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied May 22, 1985.

David E. Woods, Public Defender, Poplar Bluff, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Deborah Neff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

HOGAN, Judge.

This case is a so-called "welfare cheating" case. The defendant was charged with stealing by deceit, as defined and denounced by § 570.030.1. That statute, in pertinent part,…