C.J. This appeal is from a Court of Appeals decision affirming the Defendant’s conviction and sentence for welfare fraud. Defendant Sharon Campbell contends that the information charging her was constitutionally insufficient. The sole question before us is whether the dollar amount is an essential element of the crime of unlawfully obtained public assistance (welfare fraud) under RCW 74.08.331. The Court of Appeals is divided on the issue. State v. Bryce, 41 Wn. App. 802, 707 P.2d 694 (1985) (<HOLDING>); State v. Campbell, 69 Wn. App. 302, 848 P.2d
holding the connection is an element holding that causation is an essential element in failure to warn claim holding that dollar amount is an essential element of welfare fraud holding that failure to instruct on an essential element was harmless error because the element was so clearly established holding that the annual dollar value requirement of enterprise coverage is an element of the claim