West v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Jim Earl West, was tried by jury for the crime of Arson in the Second Degree in violation of 21 O.S.1981, § 1402 in Case No. CRF-84-41 in the District Court of Pottawatomie County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and set punishment at twenty thousand dollars ($20,-000.00). He was sentenced accordingly. From this judgment and sentence, appellant appeals.

Although appellant sets forth six assignments of error, we need only address the first to decide this case. In his first assignment, appellant contends that he was denied a fair trial because of…