Borza v. State

I must respectfully depart from the majority because it is obvious to me that the State failed to meet its burden.

Borza was convicted solely upon the testimony of his accomplice, Credge, who, after a homosexual affair with Borza had been rejected by him in preference for a more natural relationship with one of the opposite sex. The testimony was gratuitously volunteered after two years of silence following the fire. Suffice to say, Credge was not a reluctant witness. More than that, his testimony at most established only that he and appellant had discussed burning the store the preceding…