BURROW v. STATE

No. 44957.

481 S.W.2d 895 (1972)

Russell Andrew BURROW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas, Jack Gray, John L. Sullivan, Denton, for appellant. Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., W. T. Westmoreland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for arson. The jury assessed the punishment at nine years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. The home of Doris Burrow (Smith at the time of trial) in Irving was burned. A few days before the fire she obtained the house as a result of a divorce decree entered against the appellant. She testified that some three or four weeks before the fire the appellant told her that she would...

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