STATE v. BASAL

No. A08-0005.

763 N.W.2d 328 (2009)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Farhia Salad BASAL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Miriam E. Rea, Assistant County Attorney, Dakota County Judicial Center, Hastings, MN, for respondent.

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Michael F. Cromett, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by ROSS, Presiding Judge; JOHNSON, Judge; and RANDALL, Judge.


OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

A Dakota County District Court judge found Farhia Basal guilty of wrongfully obtaining public assistance. On appeal, Basal argues that the district court erred in its interpretation of the statute governing financial eligibility for public-assistance benefits. Basal also argues that a 2007 amendment to the statute should be applied retroactively to the conduct for which she was convicted. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.<...

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