People v. Maiorano

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Kelly, J.), rendered June 28, 1996, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the People failed to prove that he recklessly started a fire in a high school auditorium by throwing a lighted cigar into a trash can is without merit. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find…