RULAND, Judge.
Defendant, Melvin Brown, appeals from a conviction by a jury of arson in the first and fourth degrees. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Insofar as pertinent here, the record reflects that in October of 1976, defendant's landlord obtained a court order evicting him from an apartment. When law enforcement officers arrived to remove defendant from the apartment on November 5, he set fire to the apartment he was occupying. In addition...
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