Mize v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant William Mark Mize and co-defendants Myra Jean Porter and Ricky Lane Williams were tried jointly before a jury and convicted of the arson of a house owned by co-defendant Porter. The verdict was entered on March 27, 1987, and defendant filed, pro se, a timely motion for new trial. Co-defendant Williams also filed a motion for new trial which was denied via an order entered July 5, 1989. He then appealed in Williams v. State, 195 Ga. App. 376 (393 SE2d 506), and this Court entered the following account of the evidence adduced at trial: “Tim Summers, a fire…