Divided Tennessee Appeals Panel Vacates Insurance Fraud Conviction

(December 10, 2018, 3:36 PM EST) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A 2-1 panel of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on Dec. 7 found that a man’s conviction for insurance fraud should be vacated because the evidence presented during trial did not establish that he filed a claim with his insurer and because he did not comply with the terms of the policy by submitting a proof of loss statement (State of Tennessee v. Reuben Eugene Mitchell, No. E2017-01739-CCA-R3-CD, Tenn. App., 2018 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 888)....