Oxenberg v. State

DIMOND, Associate Justice.

A Ketchikan jury found Oxenberg guilty of the crimes of first degree arson and burning a building with intent to defraud insurers. On this appeal there are various assignments of error — the principal one being the trial court’s denial of Oxenberg’s motion for a judgment of acquittal. The basis of the motion was that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction because of the lack of competent corroboration of the testimony of an alleged accomplice.

The Independent Salmon Cannery building at Ketchikan was destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of…