Adrian v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of arson pursuant to V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 28.02. Punishment was assessed at three years.

Appellant’s sole ground of error on appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to support the judgment of conviction in that the State failed to establish the corpus de-licti of arson, independent of appellant’s confession. We agree.

The State introduced eight witnesses in its case-in-chief. Iva Carpenter testified that on the afternoon of May 12, 1975, Richard Gaston told her, in the appellant’s presence, that he would be gone that night…