Jacinth v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Justice.

James Jacinth was convicted of second degree arson 1 and manslaughter 2 in superi- or court. In bringing this appeal he asserts that evidence corroborating his confession was insufficient to justify submitting the case to the jury; that the jury’s verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence; and that the sentence of ten years on each count, to run consecutively, is excessive. We affirm.

This prosecution arose out of a fire that completely destroyed a Fairbanks bar and adult theater known…