Presley v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendants below, Donald Presley, Terry Coffey and Stanley Coffey, were indicted and convicted under T.C.A. § 39-1106 of conspiracy to burn or otherwise destroy Presley’s Chevrolet automobile with intent to defraud the Kingston Bank and Trust Company and the State Farm Mutual Insurance Company. The jury fixed the punishment of each defendant at three to five years in the penitentiary. All appeal in error from the judgment and sentence following that verdict.

The state’s evidence showed that Presley owed $1,378.29 to the Kingston Bank and Trust Company secured…