State v. Baker

Donald C. Nugent, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of defendant-appellant Raymond Baker, Jr. from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, resulting from a jury verdict finding appellant guilty, as indicted, of aggravated arson in violation of R.C. 2909.02.

In September 1988, Claud Hill, his wife, son, daughter and granddaughter rented the upstairs portion of a house owned by appellant’s uncle and lived in by appellant’s father prior to his death in June 1988. Prior to appellant’s father’s death, Hill paid $100 per month rent to appellant’s father and also…