Associated Press - March 11, 2010 7:24 AM ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Court of Appeals has overturned the arson conviction of a former volunteer firefighter and ordered a new trial in the case.

The court found that the judge made a mistake in jury instructions in the trial of Dustin Torrence.

Torrence was convicted in Cleveland County of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed Kingsland High School in May 2003. Torrence was a volunteer firefighter in Kingsland at the time.

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