Reinhardt v. State

Hunt, Presiding Justice.

William Charles Reinhardt was convicted of felony murder and arson, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals and we reverse.

On the evening of June 18, 1991, the defendant and his girl friend, who were sharing a room at the Lawrenceville Motor Inn, smoked crack cocaine with another man. After the three had smoked all of the crack cocaine, the defendant’s girl friend and the other man left, and the defendant remained in the motel room drinking. At 1:15 a.m. authorities responded to a fire call at the motel; the building in which the defendant was staying was on…