STATE v. PAYNE

No. 25097.

3 P.3d 1251 (2000)

134 Idaho 423

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John Lee PAYNE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, February 2000 Term.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiebe & Fouser, Caldwell, for appellant. Scott E. Fouser argued.

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, argued.


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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