ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 33149.

352 S.W.2d 103 (1961)

R. L. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion G. Holt, A. L. Lowery, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is arson; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The sole question presented for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

Appellant and his family lived in the City of Nacogdoches in a four-room frame house which he rented from one J. M. Ammons. On the night of July 20, 1960, the house burned, resulting in a loss of approximately $600 to Ammons, the owner, who had no insurance.

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