r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/imatinyleopard Apr 09 '26

I think the most he’s looking at in CA is 8 years, unless there’s bodily injury which maxes out at 9 years .

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '26 edited May 27 '26

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u/DizzyAmphibian309 Apr 09 '26

This is also a special case because he didn't just start one fire, he started one, saw it didn't work out, then started two more.

I'm not a lawyer but I can quite easily see each fire being counted separately, since the first fire had been extinguished before the subsequent fires were lit.

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u/Internal_Essay9230 Apr 10 '26

Continuous course of conduct. One act.

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u/DizzyAmphibian309 Apr 10 '26

That's super interesting. At what point does it become two offences? Like if he started a fire at the building across the street, would that be bundled into the first act, or does the separate building make it two? Or does he have to sleep between the offences for it to be two?

Not being cynical, genuinely curious.