PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 78-583.

622 P.2d 573 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearings September 18, 1980.

Certiorari Denied January 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Brian S. Schuster, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Philip R. Cockerille, Sp. Deputy Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


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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