People v. Schoolfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
Convicted, after a jury trial, of arson in the second degree, defendant seeks reversal on the grounds, inter alia, that the trial court improperly denied him his right to proceed pro se and erroneously refused his request for an adverse inference charge based on the loss of the fire marshal’s handwritten notes which were the basis of his final report. Since these two contentions have merit, reversal is in order.
The trial evidence showed that, shortly after 2:00 a.m. on May 23, 1987, defendant set a fire in front of the closed door of his estranged wife’s…
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