which the air conditioner was plugged, with a 30 amp breaker. The 30 amp breaker was installed in an apparent attempt to allow greater voltage to flow through the circuit which fed the receptacle into which the air conditioner was plugged. The air conditioner was plugged into a receptacle below the living room picture window at the front of the Moores' brick house. This receptacle was fed by an electrical circuit of 20 amp electrical wire which wound from the utility room at the back of the Moore's house where the breaker box was located, to the living room located at the front, or "street side," of the residence. There were other electrical appliances located in the Moore's living room in addition to the air conditioner. However, theair conditioner was apparently the only appliance plugged into the receptacle located beneath the picture window of the Moore's living room.
Despite the replacement of the 20 amp breaker with a 30 amp breaker, the air conditioner still did not function properly at the Moore house. When plugged in and turned on, the unit's fan would operate, but the unit's compressor would not activate or generate cold air, and the air conditioner accordingly only blew out hot air.
At 9:00 p.m., on the night of July 28, 1980, all of the residents of the Moore household were home, save David Moore, Lang Moore's 23 year old son. An electrical storm arose that night, and all of the members of the Moore household present *1277 retired early, around 9:00 p.m. Before