State v. Lambert

McGRAW, Justice:

The appellant, Debra Lambert, appeals from a conviction of welfare fraud rendered against her by a jury in the Circuit Court of Wood County. The appellant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of from one to five years. Execution of her sentence, however, was suspended, and she was placed on three years probation. Although the appellant raises several assignments of error, we find one to be disposi-tive, and reverse solely on that point.

The evidence concerning the alleged welfare fraud was uncontroverted. On July 28, 1980, the appellant, accompanied by her husband, Vernon…