State v. Sheehan

¶1 Mark Sheehan received workers’ compensation benefits after suffering a job-related injury in 2009. In 2012, the State charged Sheehan with felony theft, by common scheme, for obtaining benefits by means of deception after he allegedly misrepresented the severity of his injury to medical providers. At the close of the evidence, Sheehan moved to dismiss based on insufficient evidence. The District Court denied the motion. The District Court also rejected Sheehan’s proposed jury instruction on the termination of benefits under workers’ compensation statutes. The jury found Sheehan guilty. On…