PEOPLE v. GILBERT

Docket No. Crim. 12696.

1 Cal.3d 475 (1969)

462 P.2d 580

82 Cal. Rptr. 724

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHERRY LEE GILBERT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas W. Cochran for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard E. Erwin, Public Defender (Ventura), Harkjoon Paik, Deputy Public Defender, Mary Gell and James H. Miller as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce Wm. Dodds, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), and Albert L. Wells, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County convicting her of fraudulently obtaining more than $200 in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (hereinafter AFDC) payments in violation of section 484 of the Penal Code. We conclude that the special provision of the Welfare and Institutions Code dealing with welfare fraud (§ 11482)...

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