Prater v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Robert Joseph Prater was convicted of arson following a jury trial. He appeals, challenging among other things the sufficiency of the evidence. Specifically, he argues that no evidence showed that the burning of his Dodge pickup truck was done without the consent of the lienholder on the truck. We agree. Inasmuch as such a showing was essential to the particular OCGA § 16-7-60 (a) (2) arson conviction at issue here, we reverse.

When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s…