State v. Ryan

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The defendant, Charles M. Ryan, was convicted of procuring the burning of a dwelling and filing a false claim to defraud an insurance company by a jury of his peers. The jury sentenced the defendant to serve a term of not less than three nor more than six years in the Department of Correction for the procurement of arson; and the jury sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $5,000.00 for the offense of filing a false claim to defraud an insurance company. 1 The trial court subsequently suspended the defendant’s sentence for procuring arson and placed him on probation for…