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- Title: Smock v. State Indiana
- Author : 602 Supreme Court of Indiana No. 30
- Release Date : January 15, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of first degree arson. After a jury trial, he was found guilty of that offense and sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a period of not less than two nor more than fourteen years. The only error assigned in this appeal is the overruling of the appellant's motion for a new trial. The sole specification of error in the motion for a new trial is that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence and is contrary to law. It therefore seems advisable to briefly review the evidence presented. The evidence most favorable to the State would indicate that on the early morning of March 9, 1963, two fires occurred in a two family dwelling in the city of Indianapolis. One portion of the residence was occupied by the William Pike family consisting of Mr. Pike, his wife, and four daughters. The other section was occupied by Barbara Hansen, a divorced mother of three children. The appellant was an old acquaintance of Mrs. Hansen, and for a period of two or three weeks he had been attempting to date Mrs. Hansen and had visited in her apartment on several occasions. Mrs. Hansen had taken a job the night before in the Lemon Twist Lounge, and the appellant heartily disapproved of her accepting this employment. He had visited in the place of her employment for several hours the night before, had quarreled with Mrs. Hansen, and had been drinking rather heavily.