People v. Comfort

OPINION OF THE COURT

Frank J. LaBuda, J.

The defendant is charged with arson in the second degree *485(Penal Law § 150.15) for the December 31, 1999 11:55 p.m. arson of his apartment in a multiple-family apartment house on State Route 97 in the Town of Delaware, County of Sullivan, State of New York. Pursuant to the defendant’s omnibus motion, this court held a Sandoval hearing wherein the People seek to cross-examine the defendant with prior 1994 convictions for attempted rape in the first degree and attempted sexual abuse in the first degree occurring at the defendant’s former residence. The…