Brown v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Via indictment, defendant David Wayne Brown was accused of committing the offense of arson in the first degree in that on or about January 3, 1989, he set fire to “a mobile home used as a dwelling house of Lucille Brown . . . without her consent. . . .” A jury found defendant guilty and he was sentenced to serve eight years in confinement. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed. Held:

1. Contending the prosecution failed to prove lack of consent, defendant enumerates error upon the general grounds. We acknowledge the absence of direct…