P. v. Reed
In case No. SF103684A, defendant pled guilty to grand theft arising out of her opening unauthorized credit accounts, at Lowes and The Home Depot, in the name of defendants employer and making unauthorized purchases in excess of $15,000. In case No. SF107822A, she pled guilty to welfare fraud and food stamp fraud arising from her receipt of more than $31,000 in aid in the form of cash, food stamps, and childcare services after she falsely claimed that her husband or the father of her children did not live in her home, and she failed to report his income. In case No. TF035129A, she pled guilty to embezzlement arising from opening credit lines in her employers name and purchasing over $9,000 in personal items.
In exchange for the guilty pleas, the court dismissed, with a Harvey waiver (People v. Harvey (1979) 25 Cal.3d 754), additional charges of grand theft, perjury, and failure to appear. Defendant was granted probation for a period of five years, with conditions including that she submit to unlimited warrantless searches. With respect to the welfare and food stamp fraud case, the court ordered her to serve one year in jail and pay $31,819.06 in restitution. Defendant appeals, challenging the unlimited search condition of her probation. Court shall affirm the judgment.
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