JEFFERSON v. COM.

Record No. 0896-86-2.

369 S.E.2d 212 (1988)

Stanley Raines JEFFERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Robinson, Richmond, for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLE, BENTON and DUFF, JJ.


DUFF, Judge.

Stanley Raines Jefferson was convicted of arson of a house belonging to Martha Shelton. The date of the alleged arson was April 2, 1980; the date of the trial was April 30, 1986. Jefferson contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to corroborate the corpus delicti established by his full confession. We conclude that it was sufficient and affirm.

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