People v. Gonzalez

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin B. Klein, J.), rendered April 11, 1984, which, after a jury trial, convicted defendant-appellant of arson in the fourth degree and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to 2 to 4 years’ imprisonment, is reversed, on the law, and remanded for a new trial.

In January 1983, defendant set fire to rugs, a couch, and a bed in the Bronx apartment of his girlfriend, Anna Hernandez. Defendant has a prior history of mental illness which dates back to 1973. He has been hospitalized on numerous occasions for schizophrenia and alcohol or drug addiction.

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