Pahl v. State

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The appellant, Michael Pahl, has appealed from a judgment and sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of manslaughter and one count of arson. We reverse.

The charges arose out of a fire which occurred at the appellant’s home and resulted in the deaths of Diogene Disarro and Sharon Lynn Delsack. The state relied substantially on circumstantial evidence to connect the appellant with the crime.

During the trial, prior to the appellant beginning to present testimony, the state moved in limine to prohibit evidence that Sharon Lynn Delsack, one of the…