Collins v. State

Judge Arnold Shulman.

The appellants, Janice Faye Collins and Gary Dewayne Shaw, were jointly tried and convicted of arson in the first degree. They appeal from the denial of their respective motions for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict.

The appellants were charged with setting fire to a mobile home owned by appellant Collins, which she had occupied with her young son and appellant Shaw. A neighbor who occupied the mobile home next door testified that at approximately 11:00 p.m. on the night of the fire, he heard a vehicle approach, looked…