People v. Matthews
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Callahan, J.
We are concerned on this appeal with the propriety of the conviction of defendant, a mentally retarded person, for second and fourth degree arson and two counts of felony murder.
On October 17, 1985 defendant Robert Matthews, Jr. was 17 years old and possessed an IQ of 68. He resided with his parents in a camper parked adjacent to the home of his aunt and uncle, Joseph and Lourna Lounsberry, on Ellison Road in the Town of Lysander. Members of the Lounsberry family, *274along with defendant’s brother, were asleep in the residence when a fire broke out at about 4:00…
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