State v. Sexton

WAINWRIGHT, Justice.

On 3 July 2000, Robert Bryan Sexton (defendant) was indicted for willful and malicious burning of an occupied mobile home used as the dwelling house of another. See N.C.G.S. § 14-58.2 (2001) (first- degree arson). On 7 August 2000, defendant was indicted for willful and malicious damage to occupied real property by use of an incendiary device pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-49.1, and for possession of a weapon of mass death and destruction pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 14-288.8.

Defendant was tried before a jury at the 25 June 2001 session of Superior Court, Gaston County. On 27 June…