People v. Smock

Pee Curiam.

A jury convicted these defendants of arson. The Court of Appeals (Judge Holbrook dissenting) reversed the convictions on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to connect the defendants to the crime. We disagree.

The record discloses that a caravan of 20 to 30 automobiles carrying a total of at least 40 persons forcibly trespassed upon a school construction site in Roscommon County. In the space of approximately 15 minutes, members of this caravan started six separate fires, slashed the fuel lines and punctured the fuel tanks of heavy construction vehicles, punctured fuel oil…