Billings v. State

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted of arson under § 560.010, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twenty years. On this appeal, the defendant does not question the sufficiency of the proof, so a shortened recital of the evidence is adequate to meet the points in issue.

In the early morning of July 9, 1971, defendant Billings was riding around in a 1962 Buick automobile with white body and black top owned by Glenn Terry, who was driving. They were on a carouse drinking beer from bar to bar. The automobile was distinctive because the right side…