NYSentencing

§ 150.10  Arson in the third degree.
    1.   A  person is guilty of arson in the third degree when he
intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by  starting  a
fire or causing an explosion.
    2.    In  any  prosecution  under  this  section,  it  is  an
affirmative defense that (a) no person other than  the  defendant
had a possessory or proprietary interest in the building or motor
vehicle, or if other persons had  such  interests,  all  of  them
consented  to  the  defendant's  conduct, and (b) the defendant's
sole intent was to  destroy  or  damage  the  building  or  motor
vehicle  for  a  lawful and proper purpose, and (c) the defendant
had no reasonable  ground  to  believe  that  his  conduct  might
endanger  the  life or safety of another person or damage another
building or motor vehicle.
    Arson in the third degree is a class C felony.
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