COM. v. COWARD


330 Pa.Super. 122 (1984)

478 A.2d 1384

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Carol Gwendolyn COWARD, a/k/a Carol Gwendolyn Gantz, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Klingensmith, Assistant Public Defender, Lancaster, for appellant.

Edward F. Browne, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Lancaster for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WIEAND, JOHNSON and LIPEZ, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

If a woman is the recipient of a food voucher issued for the sole purpose of enabling her to obtain supplemental foods for her children, does she commit theft by failure to make required disposition when she sells the food voucher to a stranger for cash? We conclude that proof of these facts was sufficient to sustain a conviction and affirm the judgment of sentence.

Carol Gwendolyn Coward, a/k/a Carol Gwendolyn Gantz, was a participant in the...

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