Jefferson v. Commonwealth

Opinion

DUFF, J.

— Stanley Raines Jefferson was convicted of arson of a house belonging to Martha Shelton. The date of the alleged arson was April 2, 1980; the date of the trial was April 30, 1986. Jefferson contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to corroborate the corpus delicti established by his full confession. We conclude that it was sufficient and affirm.

On appeal of a criminal conviction, a court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and accord to the evidence all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. Crumble v.…