People v. Paige

Appellant. — Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered November 2,1981, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted arson in the second degree. As a result of an incident which occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on January 7,1980 at 2-3 Central Avenue in the City of Albany wherein defendant allegedly intentionally set fire to a building when another person who was not a participant in the crime was present in the building and defendant knew of the person’s presence or the circumstances were such as to render the presence of…