PEOPLE v. JACKSON


47 A.D.2d 639 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Jackson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 3, 1975


Judgment affirmed.

Although, in the circumstances at bar, it was error to admit the People's expert evidence that three fires attributed to defendant were incendiary in origin (People v. Grutz, 212 N.Y. 72), the error was insubstantial, for the uncontradicted proof showed that each of the virtually simultaneous fires in two bedrooms and in the basement of the dwelling in question had been caused by the use of a flammable liquid, that each fire had an origin...

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