People v. Adams

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The evidence of attempted arson was legally sufficient (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). That evidence established that defendant was observed splashing gasoline onto the house of his estranged girlfriend at 4:00 a.m. Smelling the gasoline, the occupants of the house ran outside where they saw defendant and heard him say that he thought everyone in the house was asleep and that "you all supposed to burn”. Two lighters were found on defendant. Twice earlier that night, defendant had been at the house of his estranged girlfriend, smashing…