State v. Yoskowitz

In this case, as the majority states, the Court is dealing with a defendant, who “arranged to have his automobile stolen so that he could collect insurance.” Ante at 682. By his own admission, corroborated by extraneous circumstances, defendant implicated himself in a criminal scheme that involved the contrived theft and destruction of his automobile and the filing of a false police report and insurance claim for the purpose of collecting the proceeds of insurance on the automobile. The *716defendant thus clearly exposed himself to criminal prosecution for several offenses arising out of…