California Court of Appeal April 6, 2000, 811 B110243 (People v. Douglas)

Opinion

COFFEE, J.

Defendant William R. Douglas, who is blind and suffers from other permanent disabilities, falsified information to obtain government benefits for in-home health services that were not in fact provided to him. The total amount of overpayment was about $4,770.

Defendant entered a plea of no contest to one count of grand theft (Pen.