State v. Poe

KAROHL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, James D. Poe, Jr., appeals his jury conviction and sentence for burglary second degree, § 569.170 RSMo 1986 and arson first degree, § 569.040 RSMo 1986. The court sentenced defendant to imprisonment of twenty years for burglary second degree and twenty-five years for arson first degree, the sentences to run concurrently. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant argues the court erred in failing to grant a motion for judgment of acquittal in that the state failed to make a submissible case of arson first degree. In addressing defendant’s motion for acquittal, we view the…