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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: JOHN QUIRK Public Defender Muncie, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: STEVE CARTER Attorney General of Indiana KELLY A. MIKLOS Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
PATRICIA WILLIAMS, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 18A04-0412-CR-697

APPEAL FROM THE DELAWARE CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2 The Honorable Richard A. Dailey, Judge Cause No. 18C02-0403-MR-1

November 28, 2005 OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

SULLIVAN, Judge

Following a jury trial, Appellant, Patricia Williams, was found guilty of one count of Felony Murder 1 and one count of Arson resulting in bodily injury, a Class A felony. 2 The trial court entered judgment of conviction only upon the count of Murder. Upon appeal, Williams presents one issue: whether the State proved the corpus delicti of the crime of Arson before Williams's confession was admitted into evidence. 3 We affirm. The record reveals that on December 15, 2003, Williams and Darnell Pratcher were staying in Muncie, Indiana at a house belonging to Larry Price. When Price returned home late on the night of December 15, he found Williams and Pratcher playing cards and drinking with several other people. Being tired, Price told the other people to leave. Although Williams and Pratcher remained, the others left. 4 Price and Williams then began to argue over money, which led to Williams throwing an ashtray at Price and Price pushing Williams. The argument ended, and Williams fixed a meal for Price, Pratcher, and herself. After the meal, Pratcher went to a bedroom to sleep. Price eventually told

Williams that he wanted her to leave his house, but when Williams refused, Price left his house to go to a friend's house nearby to telephone the police. Price was unable to use
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