State v. Janvrin

After a jury trial, Mullavey, J., presiding, the defendant, Frank Janvrin, was found guilty of class A felony arson, RSA 634:1. The indictment charged that the defendant:

“. . . did knowingly start a fire which unlawfully damaged the property of Alfred C. Janvrin, located at South Main Street an occupied structure which Frank Janvrin knew to be occupied.”

The defendant’s arguments on appeal can be reduced to two issues: First, that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a motion for a directed verdict, and later a motion to set aside the verdict, based on the State’s failure to offer any…