Baugh v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of arson. V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 28.02(a). 1 The trial court imposed a probated sentence of ten years. The Austin Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction in a published opinion. Baugh v. State, 725 S.W.2d 450 (Tex.App. — Austin, 1987). The lower court held that a reasonable jury could have concluded appellant was responsible for the fire, therefore the evidence was sufficient to support Henry Baugh’s conviction for arson.

Appellant asserts that the Court of…