STATE v. ADAMS

No. 10110.

537 S.W.2d 201 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Calvin Leroy ADAMS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

May 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Charles L. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Gary L. Smith, Smith & Holden, Dexter, for appellant.

Before BILLINGS, C. J., and HOGAN and FLANIGAN, JJ.


BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Calvin Leroy Adams was found guilty by a Dunklin County jury of the crime of arson of a dwelling [§ 560.010, RSMo 1969] and sentenced under the habitual criminal act by the trial judge to a prison term of six years. We affirm.

In this appeal the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict and has levelled three assignments of error at instructions given or refused.

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