Guilty of Insurance Fraud

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People who commit insurance fraud think it is a crime without punishment or concern. When they are caught, prosecuted and convicted, the perpetrator is so amazed that he or she is one of the few unlucky ones who were caught that they use their ill-gotten gains to fund unfounded and frivolous appeals. In The People of The State Of New York v. Troy M. Cordell, Jr., 637 KA 13-02114, The State Of New York Appellate Division, (November 13, 2020) Troy M. Cordell, Jr. filed such an appeal. 

ZALMA OPINION

The appellate court, faced with a verdict that took the jury 23 minutes to decide on his guilt, based on overwhelming evidence, and a ministerial answer to a request from the jury that what they asked about was not in evidence, worked very well to convince the court to unanimously affirm the conviction and make sure that Cordell spends an appropriate amount of time in the gray bar hotel.