Hughes v. State

Arson; ten years.

Louis Chandler testified that two days following a "misunderstanding" with appellant "about a young lady," during which appellant kicked Chandler's car and threatened to "burn [him] up," he had a fire at his home.

On Sunday, September 5, 1976, Chandler left his house at 7:00 A.M. and returned later that morning to find his kitchen burned. Chandler said that tar paper and clothing were burning on the back door when he arrived home. The witness stated that three or four weeks after the fire, appellant told him that he (appellant) had burned the house and he was sorry.

Isaac…