State v. Anderson

NICHOLS, Justice.

In a jury trial in Superior Court, York County, the Defendant, Clayton Anderson, was convicted both of arson, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802(1)(A) (Supp.1979), 1 and of theft by unauthorized use of property, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 360(1)(A) (Supp.1979). 2 On appeal the Defendant argues that his convictions were against the weight of the evidence, that the corpus delicti of the crime of arson was not adequately proved, and that he was denied a fair trial by several of the trial justice’s rulings.

We affirm the judgments of conviction.

The evidence adduced at trial revealed that at 11:26 p. m. on…