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PEOPLE v. ARZON

80 A.D.2d 786 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nelson Arzon, Appellant

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

March 17, 1981

Defendant set fire to an abandoned building, he says in order to get rid of alcoholics and narcotic addicts who frequent the building, apparently by making the building unavailable for them. In the course of fighting the fire, a fireman died. Defendant was indicted for murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant's crime was horrifying and inexcusable. But the following circumstances persuade the majority...

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