People v. McCaskill

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belli, J.), rendered November 13, 1986, convicting him of arson in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The evidence adduced at trial establishes that in May 1985 Mildred Saxton moved out of premises she had shared with the defendant for some 12 years and took up temporary residence with a cousin. On the afternoon and evening of July 26, 1985, the defendant came to, and was escorted by police away from, the…