P. v. Resendiz CA4/1
An information charged Resendiz with three counts of arson of an inhabited structure (§ 451, subd. (b)) (counts 1, 2, & 6) and three counts of arson of property (§ 451, subd. (d)) (counts 3, 4, & 5). At trial, the prosecution presented evidence on, inter alia, the arson of three inhabited structures (i.e., 5203 Landis Street, 5205 Landis Street, and 5290 Ogden Street).
At about 12:55 a.m. on March 31, 2015, Thien Minh Dang was watching television in his apartment at 5203 Landis Street when he heard his apartment window crack and saw flames outside. He went outside and saw two burning mattresses leaning up against the exterior wall of his apartment. His initial attempt to douse the mattresses with water was unsuccessful, so he pulled the mattresses away from the wall and into the apartment building's courtyard. He then used a water hose to put out the fire-engulfed mattresses. Dang also woke up his neighbor, Tien Minh Nguyen, informed him of the mattress fires, and asked hi
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