Stephens v. State

Pope, Chief Judge.

Jointly tried before a jury, defendants Benjamin Franklin Stephens and his son Benjamin Shawn Stephens were each found guilty of five counts of arson arising out of the November 14, 1990 fire that destroyed their home and four automobiles. They filed separate appeals from the judgments of conviction, raising identical enumerations of error. The appeals are hereby consolidated for disposition in this single opinion.

1. Defendants enumerate the general grounds. Construed to uphold the verdict, the evidence adduced below showed that defendant Frank Stephens was a veteran…