State v. Simmons

REINHARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals after a conviction for arson in the first degree, a violation of § 569.040, RSMo.1978, and a subsequent sentence of ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant contends only that the state failed to make a submissible case. In reviewing the record we accept as true all evidence tending to prove defendant guilty, together with all reasonable inferences supportive of the verdict. State v. Brooks, 618 S.W.2d 22, 23 (Mo. banc 1981). The evidence established that on August 18, 1983, at approximately 7:00 p.m., defendant went to a house on Lee Avenue in the…