Campbell v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

John W. Campbell appeals his conviction of the offense of arson. Campbell, an attorney, was representing Kurt Gonsenhauser in a bankruptcy proceeding in the fall of 1981. Gonsenhauser was the owner and operator of a convenience store and had experienced financial difficulties in repayment of a loan to a doctor who was charging him 40% interest (prime plus 25%) on a loan. On June 6, 1982, a Sunday, Gonsenhauser had planned to go fishing but one of his two ice machines had burned out a motor and he spent the day working on the remaining ice machine to insure that he…