State v. Bulloch

STEPHAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of arson in the second degree and tampering with physical evidence. He was sentenced to six years on the arson count and a consecutive five years on the tampering charge. The trial court denied appellant’s motion for new trial and this appeal followed.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence is as follows:

On August 2, 1986, the grand jury of St. Louis County indicted appellant on the charge of murder in the first degree, and on September 13, 1986 for arson in the second degree. The state sought the death penalty on the murder charge…