STATE v. LASTER


748 S.W.2d 437 (1987)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Timmy LASTER, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Mays, Greeneville, for appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, State Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Bettye Springfield-Carter, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, James E. Pryor, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Greeneville, for appellee.


OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to serve forty-five years in the penitentiary.

The defendant says the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict.

The judgment is reversed, and the case is dismissed.

The only evidence presented in this case was the evidence of the state. The record shows that on June 24, 1986, the defendant, for reasons unexplained, was placed in the drunk tank...

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