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People v. Munoz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 24, 1998
253 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

September 24, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.).


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Ample evidence was presented at trial to support the jury's finding that defendant intended to damage the building when he set the fire in his apartment and did not merely intend to damage his wife's possessions, including evidence that the wife's clothing was strewn about the apartment and was used as the vehicle to spread the fire throughout the apartment; that defendant locked the door and left the apartment after starting the fire; and that he telephoned his mother-in-law and told her to tell his wife that the apartment was burning.

We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.

Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Munoz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 24, 1998
253 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

People v. Munoz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAUL MUNOZ, Appellant

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

Date published: Sep 24, 1998

Citations

253 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
680 N.Y.S.2d 191

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