State v. Kelso

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a jury conviction for arson first degree. The jury affixed punishment at 15 years. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant presents one point of error on appeal, charging that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain a conviction of arson first degree because it was not proven that there was damage to an inhabitable structure within the meaning and requirements of § 569.040, RSMo 1978. Since appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence, detailed…