Clark v. State

On January 11, 1967, the court sitting without a jury found appellant guilty generally under two separate indictments charging arson, attempted arson, housebreaking with intent to commit a felony, housebreaking with intent to steal goods of $100.00 or more, and housebreaking with intent to steal goods under the value of $100.00. He was sentenced to a term of five years imprisonment on the arson convictions, and sentence was generally suspended on the housebreaking counts. Appellant’s principal contention on this appeal is that the lower court erred in admitting in evidence the testimony of a…