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AUGUSTINE v. COM.

Record No. 822244.

306 S.E.2d 886 (1983)

Sarah Virginia AUGUSTINE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Savage, III, Suffolk (Glasscock, Gardy & Savage, Suffolk, on brief), for appellant.

Roscoe C. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In a bench trial, Sarah Virginia Augustine was convicted of arson, burglary, and grand larceny. The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the arson conviction.*

On June 9, 1981, at 8:45 p.m., Robert and Vera Keyser left their home in the City of Suffolk. They returned at 10:45 p.m. to discover a fire in a bedroom. The fire was confined to the portion of the room where the bed...

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