Key legal question
Whether the conviction for intentional arson was arbitrary and violated in dubio pro reo / presumption of innocence
Extracted holding
No. The evidence as a whole allowed the appellate court to be convinced that the defendant was the author of the fire; the challenge was largely appellatory and insufficient.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on the defendant's false explanations, the opportunity to prepare the fire, the video surveillance, the restricted access to the attic, the expert's view that the claimed amnesia was simulated, and the absence of a plausible alternative explanation.