Legal Opinion
Mathews v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2006No. 49S02-0509-PC-405PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0406-PC-493
BOEHM, Justice.
Damaging property by fire is the crime of arson under a number of separate circumstances. We hold that damaging one property by fire is only one arson, even if the fire produces multiple consequences, any one of which is sufficient to constitute arson. We also hold that an arson is elevated to an A felony by bodily injury whether or not more than one person is injured, but injuries to multiple persons do not create multiple Class A arsons. All of these holdings are derived from the structure of the…
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