Motes v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Travis Charles Motes was convicted of arson in the second degree and cruelty to animals. The evidence showed that defendant and his brother, disturbed at the barking of a neighbor’s dog, threw gasoline on the dog and the doghouse to which the dog was chained and then set fire to the gasoline. The doghouse burned down and the dog was severely burned and had to be destroyed as a result of the injuries received in the fire.

1. In his first enumeration of error, defendant argues that the trial court committed harmful, prejudicial and reversible error in denying his motion for…