State v. Carrico

NEELY, Justice:

Early in the morning of 17 December 1985 the house that Susan Carrico, appellant, had lived in with her children suffered extensive fire damage. The fire chief who responded to the fire, as well as the investigator hired by the insurance company, concluded that the fire was “suspicious”. The fire had started in the upper portions of the furnace, not in the burning element. Furthermore, there were additional points of origin upstairs that were not connected with the furnace. However, the sheriffs department had little information as to who set the fire, and determined that there…