People v. LeFebre

Defendant appeals his conviction of conspiracy to commit first-degree arson, 1971 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-2-201 1 and 40-4-102 2 on various grounds including sufficiency of the evidence, an evidentiary ruling, and factual impossibility. We affirm.

In the late afternoon of March 40, 1973, a fire was reported in cell-block one of the Pueblo County Sheriffs Department. Defendant was imprisoned in that cellblock along with several others at the time the fire was detected. The fire department was summoned to extinguish the blaze. Although the cement walls and floor of the cellblock were merely…