Knoedler v. State

WILNER, Judge.

On the evening of February 28, 1981, a fire was discovered in the master bedroom of appellant’s apartment at 6713 Havenoak Road in Baltimore County. Three months later, appellant was charged in a five-count criminal information with four counts of arson under Md.Code Ann. art. 27, §§ 6, 7, and 8, and one count of willfully setting a fire with intent to defraud an insurance company (art. 27, § 9).

The State eventually nol prossed three of the arson counts. After a non-jury trial in February, 1982, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County convicted appellant of the remaining count of…