State v. Risio

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In August 1977 defendants Charles F. Risio, Jr., and Sandra Lawrence were convicted by a Knox County jury of conspiracy to commit theft by deception of insurance proceeds in an amount exceeding $5,000 in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 151 (Supp. 1976).1 Each defendant appeals the judgment entered on the conviction below.

We deny the appeals.

The State’s principal witness at trial was indicted co-conspirator Lorri Tierney, who entered a plea of guilty prior to defendants’ trial. From her testimony, and the other evidence presented, the jury was justified in making the…