State v. Poutre

Defendant appeals from a jury verdict convicting him of embezzlement in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2531. We affirm.

In June of 1986, defendant was charged with three counts of embezzling insurance policy premiums during his ownership and management of the Raintree Insurance Company. One of those counts was dismissed, but five more were added in November of 1986. Essentially, the counts alleged that defendant had taken premium payments from individuals seeking insurance coverage and failed to pass the payments on to the companies that were to provide the coverage. Five days after the jury trial…