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STATE v. ZUERCHER

No. 1019-2.

11 Wn. App. 91 (1974)

521 P.2d 1184

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. RICHARD E. ZUERCHER, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

April 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Dunn, Prosecuting Attorney, and C.C. Bridgewater, Jr., Deputy, for appellant.

Jess E. Minium, Jr., for respondent.

PEARSON, C.J.

The state appeals from an order in arrest of judgment on a verdict of guilty in a second-degree arson case. The principal issue presented is: Do motive, threats, and opportunity to burn, in connection with the fact of the fire, prima facie establish the corpus delicti of arson, so as to permit the admission into evidence of the defendant's confession of the crime? We answer in the affirmative, and reverse...

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