STATE v. KINLAW


150 N.J. Super. 70 (1977)

374 A.2d 1233

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ROY LEE KINLAW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanford M. Singer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. R. Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges BISCHOFF, MORGAN and KING.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of arson (N.J.S.A. 2A:89-1). He was sentenced to an indeterminate term at the Youth Reception and Correctional Center at Yardville with the five-year maximum waived and a seven-year maximum imposed.

The State's proofs showed the following facts. On July 27, 1975 a fire occurred at the Hotel Savoy in Newark. The hotel is a four-story building and, at the time of the fire, the fourth floor was unoccupied...

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