Wear v. State

BYRNES, Judge.

On April 17, 1994, the Brunswick Crab House, an establishment in Frederick County, was destroyed by fire. Adriene Ryan Wear, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Frederick County of being an accessory before the fact to first degree arson in the burning of the Crab House.1 On appeal, she contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We agree, for the reasons set forth below.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

From March 1991 until late summer 1993, appellant and her husband Robert Wear operated a bar and pool room known as the Brunswick Crab House…