State of Tennessee v. John M. Fletcher

Syllabus

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, John M. Fletcher, of initiating a false reportto a law enforcement officer and presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim. The trialcourt imposed an effective sentence of four years. On appeal, the Defendant challengesthe legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions. Upon our review, we holdthat the evidence is legally sufficient to sustain the Defendant's conviction for presentinga false or fraudulent insurance claim. However, we also conclude that the evidence isinsufficient to sustain his conviction for initiating a false report, and we vacate thatjudgment and remand for dismissal of that charge. We respectfully affirm the judgmentsof the trial court in all other respects.