PAYNE v. STATE

No. 5407.

438 S.W.2d 462 (1969)

Bobby PAYNE, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitton, Meadows & Adams, Harrison, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Bobby Payne was tried by a jury, convicted and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary on a charge of abetting an arson. Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and asserts error in the giving of an instruction.

The only question which is properly before us is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. On the night of December 28, 1967, one of three barns owned by Edwin McClellan burned; it was filled with...

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