State v. Urie

(specially concurring).

Here, the evidence, aside from appellant’s confession, reflects that appellant made a statement to two insurance representatives describing how an accident had occurred; that the injured party brought suit to recover for his alleged injuries; that such suit was later settled for $25,000; that the injured party was not as severely injured as he had claimed. Later appellant, by a voluntary written confession admitted that a hoax was committed to defraud the insurance company and that in fact no accident had occurred at all.

The majority opinion states that there is…