Pless v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

After a jury trial, Gerald Pless was found guilty of arson in the first degree. He appeals from the conviction entered on the jury’s verdict, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s admission of similar transaction evidence. His contentions are without merit, so we affirm his conviction.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and no longer presume that the appellant is innocent; moreover, we only determine the sufficiency of the evidence and do not weigh the evidence or determine…