Miller v. State

QUILLEN, Justice:

The following statement of facts is taken practically verbatim from the defendant’s opening brief. For purposes of this appeal, the State in its answering brief accepted and adopted this statement.

The defendant, Timothy L. Miller, was charged with arson in the first degree and burglary in the second degree, concerning an alleged incident occurring at the building owned by James Dixon at 1202 West Fifth Street, Wilmington, on January 27, 1979.

The State called two witnesses, David N. Jones and Roger W. Stanford, to testify as to the events prior to the discovery of the fire at…