STATE v. COLEMAN

No. 67303.

390 So.2d 865 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lillie Mae COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James D. Caldwell, Dist. Atty., George F. Fox, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Voelker, Ragland, Brackin & Crigler, Charles R. Brackin, Lake Providence, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

For approximately five years, Lillie Mae Coleman received welfare benefits. In order to demonstrate eligibility, she completed forms in which she represented that Anderson Coleman, her husband, neither lived with her nor supported her and her six minor children. The state, believing these statements to be false, charged Mrs. Coleman with three counts of theft.1 She was convicted and sentenced to three years at hard...

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