People v. Abreu
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Brown, J.), rendered February 20, 1981, convicting him of arson in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him as a second felony offender.
Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The instant arson prosecution arises out of a fire which broke out in a bar located on Roosevelt Avenue in the County of Queens during the early morning hours of January 6, 1977. The People’s case relied…
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