Moody v. State

Minnie T. Moody was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of George County, Honorable Darwin M. Maples, presiding, for the crime of arson and was sentenced to five (5) years in the Mississippi State Department of Corrections. We reverse the judgment of the lower court and discharge the appellant on the ground that the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

On December 14, 1977, at approximately 11:45 a.m. the Rocky Creek Volunteer Fire Department received a fire call to the home of Ford Moody and his wife, Minnie T. Moody, the appellant. When the firemen…