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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter Cartello and Vito Polito, Appellants.
   Judgment of conviction affirmed. Memorandum: The intentional burning of the building and the intentional binning of the insured furniture were single transactions and constituted separate crimes. (Code Grim. Proe. § 279. Cf. People v. Shields, 242 App. Div. 846; affd., 266 N. Y. 200.) All concur. (The judgment convicts defendants of the crimes of arson, second degree, and a violation of section 1201 of the Penal Law.) Present — Sears, P. J., Lewis, Cunningham, Taylor and Dowling, JJ.