People v. Brownridge

Neff, RJ.

Defendant appeals as of right his convictions of conspiracy to commit arson, MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1), and arson of a dwelling, MCL 750.72; MSA 28.267, for which he was sentenced to eleven months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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The prosecutor’s theory of the case was that defendant induced Raymond Turner (hereafter Turner) to set fire to a house in Three Rivers that defendant was purchasing on land contract. The fire chief and a state police fire marshal established that the fire was arson, probably started by flammable liquids…