BROWN (Gerald), P.J.
The People appeal from an order of the trial court granting defendant's motion for new trial. The jury found defendant and his wife guilty of grand theft of welfare monies (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1). The wife had illegally received Aid to Needy Children funds. The theory of the prosecution was that the defendant was an aider and abettor of his wife and was thus punishable as a principal under Penal Code, section 31. Specific intent is the...
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