Crump v. State

This is an appeal by James Crump from a judgment in the Marion Criminal Court, Division Two, convicting him of the crime of Attempted Arson.* On December 30, 1969, appellant was indicted for First Degree Arson. On January 15, 1970, the appellant appeared and entered a plea of not guilty. Appellant waived a jury trial, and on September 25, 1970, trial was held before the Honorable Saul I. Rabb. After trial, the matter was taken under advisement, and on November 6, 1970, appellant was found guilty of the lesser *360included offense. On December 3, 1970, appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State…