Hellgren
People v. Hellgren
Opinion
Opinion
Smith, J.
Defendant Yvette Hellgren pled guilty in superior court to one count of felony welfare fraud (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10980, subd. (c)) and was granted probation with imposition of sentence suspended. Having obtained a certificate of probable cause (Pen. Code, § 1237.5), she appeals, urging that advisements attending her plea were deficient and that several conditions of her probation are invalid. We will affirm.
Preliminary hearing testimony shows that defendant fraudulently obtained aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) and food stamp benefits totaling $2,346 over a period of eight months in which she and her two children lived in a caretaker’s house at a ranch in Middletown, where the caretaker also lived. She represented to the county welfare department that she was paying rent and utilities to the ranch owners, and backed her claim with forged rent receipts, when in fact neither she nor the caretaker paid.
Appeal
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Defendant moved in superior court to withdraw her plea of guilty (Pen. Code, § 1018), and the motion was denied after a hearing. She claims abuse of discretion in that denial, urging that her plea was made without adequate advisements of (1) her…