PEOPLE v. RIOS

5544, 1200/06

87 A.D.3d 916 (2011)

930 N.Y.S.2d 180

2011 NY Slip Op 6528

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. CESAR RIOS, Defendant, and 234 EAST 178TH ST., LLC., Respondent.

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

Decided September 22, 2011.


This case arises out of a fire in a building owned by the corporate defendant and managed by defendant Rios, who previously owned the building. The fire, which caused the deaths of two firefighters and serious injuries to four more, started in apartment 3-I and spread to apartment 4-L.

Although the fire was caused by illegal and unsafe electrical installations made by the tenant in apartment 3-I, the People's theory at trial was that the deaths and injuries were caused...

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