Colorado Appellate Panel: 4 Insurance Fraud Convictions Must Be Merged

(November 8, 2022, 9:49 AM EST) -- DENVER — Where a person is convicted under Colorado law of presenting a fraudulent insurance claim and for making false statements in support of the claim, “generally” the conviction for false statements is to be merged under the one for a fraudulent claim due to “the prohibition against double jeopardy and multiplicity,” a Colorado Court of Appeals panel ruled, saying the issue was one of first impression in the state....

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