BLAKE v. RACINE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPT.

No. 2012AP31.

831 N.W.2d 439 (2013)

2013 WI App 45

Sonja BLAKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. RACINE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jill M. Kastner of Legal Action of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of John P. Serketich of Racine County Corporation Counsel, Racine.

Before BROWN, C.J., REILLY and GUNDRUM, JJ.


REILLY, J.

¶ 1 Sonja Blake was convicted in 1986 of misdemeanor welfare fraud in violation of WIS. STAT. § 49.12(9) (1985-86), since renumbered as WIS. STAT. § 49.95(9) (2011-12). The elements of Blake's crime required proof that (1) Blake was receiving public assistance from a public agency on the basis of facts originally stated by Blake to that public agency, (2) those facts changed, (3) Blake knew she had a duty to report the change and purposely...

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