Justia Wyoming Supreme Court Opinion Summaries

Despite a divorce in 1971, appellant Christina Maycock and Bill Maycock and their children lived together as a family in a home jointly owned by the couple. In 1992, Christina, an employee of the county cemetery district, enrolled in an insurance plan that limited coverage to the district's employees, their spouses, and their dependent children. On the insurance enrollment form, Christina listed Bill as her spouse. In 2010, Christina was convicted of obtaining property by false pretenses because of her alleged misrepresentation on the insurance enrollment form. Christina appealed, challenging the legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction. The Supreme Court held that there was insufficient evidence to sustain Christina's conviction. The Court then reversed the conviction, concluding that there was no evidence on the record that Christina's misrepresentation was the determining factor in the board's decision to pay the cost of insuring Bill. Remanded. View "Maycock v. State" on Justia Law