MACIEJACK v. STATE

No. 3-176A14.

393 N.E.2d 272 (1979)

Emma Jean Childers MACIEJACK and Roy Tolson, Defendants-Appellants, v. STATE of Indiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip B. Chew, William G. Conover, Conover, Claudon & Chew, Valparaiso, for defendants-appellants.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Lesly A. Bowers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for plaintiff-appellee.


GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Roy Tolson and Emma Jean Maciejack guilty respectively of arson and arson with intent to defraud. They were sentenced to terms of not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years. Their primary claim on appeal is that the verdicts were not sustained by sufficient evidence. We affirm.

Although the language employed by the courts is sometimes confusing in criminal cases where the conviction rests on circumstantial...

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