STATE v. VAN BLACK

No. 14514.

726 S.W.2d 429 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas VAN BLACK, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and Transfer Denied and Overruled February 27, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cenobio Lozano, Jr., Harrisonville, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Byrona J. Kincanon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


MAUS, Judge.

The defendant was charged with having committed arson in the second degree by burning his own house. § 569.050. The principal evidence presented by the state was the testimony of the defendant's accomplices, Danny Warden and Arthur Clubine. A jury accepted their testimony and found the defendant guilty. In view of that verdict, "[i]n reviewing a contention that the evidence was insufficient to establish the crime charged, we accept as true all of...

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