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PEOPLE v. RIVERS

No. 211.

18 N.Y.3d 222 (2011)

960 N.E.2d 419

936 N.Y.S.2d 650

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SHERMAN RIVERS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Jonathan M. Kratter and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Victor Barall and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

Defendant was charged with numerous offenses, including three counts of arson in the first degree (Penal Law § 150.20), in connection with two fires set five days apart in a four-story apartment building located at 408 Greene Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The evidence adduced at trial established that defendant, who did not own the building, engaged in a scheme to profit from...

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