Lawrence William Patterson v. State of Florida

A jury convicted Lawrence William Patterson of two counts of first-degree arson (a dwelling); second-degree arson (a vehicle); arson resulting in bodily injury to a firefighter; two counts of insurance fraud; burning a dwelling with intent to defraud; and burning a vehicle with intent to defraud. He seeks reversal of all convictions, arguing the trial court should have dismissed all the charges, or at least should have excluded the State’s expert ■witnesses’ testimony about the vehicle — a truck — allegedly used to start the fires, because the State allowed the truck to be destroyed before…