TROUT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a ruling by the district judge, denying a motion for acquittal filed by appellant John Lee Payne (Payne) after a jury convicted him of two counts of aggravated first degree arson.
I.
BACKGROUND
Payne lived alone in a rented room in the Greystone Hotel (Hotel) in Nampa, Idaho. A fire occurred in the Hotel on April 11, 1998 and, upon investigation, it was discovered the fire originated in a common...
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