Weaver v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Billy Ray Weaver was indicted for arson in the second degree in violation of § 13A-7-42, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment”. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Thus, the facts will be briefly stated.

*166On February 9, 1987, the house rented by the appellant’s family caught fire and burned. Around 8:00 p.m. that same night Peggy Parks and her niece went to the appellant’s house. When Parks knocked on the door, she could see…