State v. Linden

Defendant was charged with two counts of arson of a house, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-6-102(1). Two others were named as codefendants: James Harleston Linden, Jr., defendant’s son, and Martin Victor Wardle, defendant’s nephew by marriage. At a jury trial, defendant and his son were found guilty of both counts and Wardle was found not guilty. Defendant brings a separate appeal from that of his son.1

Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. In order to upset a conviction for insufficiency of the evidence, a defendant must show that reasonable minds…