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McCARTY v. STATE

No. 6-84-073-CR.

688 S.W.2d 675 (1985)

Robert McCARTY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

March 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Farkas, Dallas, for appellant.

Tom Wells, Dist. Atty., Paris, for appellee.

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Robert McCarty was convicted of arson and sentenced to fifteen years confinement. The sole ground of error on appeal is that his motion for an instructed verdict of acquittal should have been granted because the State failed to prove the corpus delicti. We overrule the ground of error and affirm the conviction.

McCarty signed a confession containing the following admissions:

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