Dates v. State

TYSON, Presiding Judge.

Cecil Dates was indicted in a three-count indictment for the unlawful burning or causing the burning of the dwelling house of one Doris Whack in which burning Edward Huntley and Donald Whitson were burned, resulting in their deaths.

The appellant filed a pro se petition for a change of venue which was duly overruled. The appellant was duly arraigned, with counsel present, at the time his change of venue was denied, and thereafter the cause came on for trial. The jury found the appellant guilty of first degree arson as charged and fixed punishment at imprisonment in the…