Allen v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Chesley Allen was convicted of first degree arson and sentenced to serve 20 years. He brings this appeal enumerating eight asserted errors. Held:

1. The first six enumerations contend that the evidence was insufficient to prove some of the material allegations of the indictment and that the trial court erred in denying Allen’s motion for a new trial. In essence, appellant concedes that the evidence shows an unlawful burning of an inhabited dwelling house but contends that the evidence does not show that the house was the dwelling of the named occupant or that the burning was…