SIMMONS v. STATE

No. 29,220.

234 Ind. 489 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 121

SIMMONS v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed October 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrol F. Dillon and Robert J. Hayes, both of Evansville, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, Owen S. Boling and Richard M. Givan, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellee.


EMMERT, C.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a finding made by the court that the appellant was guilty of arson in the first degree as charged in an affidavit, upon which he was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a period not less than two nor more than fourteen years. The error assigned is the overruling of appellant's motion for a new trial.

The essential part of the affidavit charging the crime is as follows:

"RUSSELL SHELTON...

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