State v. Baum

FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant Herschel Baum guilty on two charges of stealing by deceit and one charge of arson in the second degree. He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for each stealing offense and five years’ imprisonment for arson, the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appeals. In general defendant claims that the trial court erred in giving Instruction 6, in rejecting evidence offered by defendant, and in not granting a new trial based on alleged misconduct affecting a juror.

Each of the three counts of the indictment arose out of a separate transaction. Count I…