Jones v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft over $200.00. V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 31.-03(d)(4)(A). Her punishment, assessed at two years’ imprisonment, was probated.

The jurisdiction of the trial court to adjudicate this cause is challenged on appeal.

Appellant was charged with theft because she applied to the Texas Department of Public Welfare under Art. 695c, V.A.C.S., for “Aid to Families with Dependent Children” and, on three separate occasions, fraudulently represented that she was not employed. As a result of this misrepresentation, she received overpayments from the Department…