People v. Barr

Defendant was convicted by a jury of burning real property, MCL 750.73; MSA 28.268. He appeals and we affirm.

Malcom Moore was eleven years old and lived across the street from the Lyndon Lunch. He had worked for the defendant passing out handbills for the restaurant.

On March 19, 1984, at 4:00 p.m., Moore was standing in the doorway of his home. He observed two men at the rear of the Lyndon Lunch. The men were throwing two gas cans into the back door of the restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, the two men went to the alley, then to a car parked on the next block. Moore described the two…