Davis

By an information filed in 1973, defendant Marilyn Davis was charged in case No. A183720, with committing the offense of fraudulently obtaining financial aid in excess of $200 from the County of Los Angeles for nonexistent children in violation of Welfare and Institutions Code section 11483.

Defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and then withdrew that plea and pleaded nolo contendere. Defendant personally waived her right to a jury trial, the right to confront witnesses and the right to present witnesses on her own behalf. Counsel joined. Defendant was granted probation.

By an information filed in 1974, defendant was charged, in case No. A311120, in count I, with committing the offense of grand theft, a violation of Penal Code section 487. In count II, defendant was charged with committing the offense of fraudulently obtaining financial aid for children Reginald Patterson, Janell Patterson, Vermitia Patterson and Joseph Patterson, in excess of $200, when said children were not in fact eligible for such aid, in violation of Welfare and Institutions Code section 11483.

Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The case was called for trial on November 4, 1975. Defendant…