People v. Wilson CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Arson In April 2020, Wilson’s boyfriend, Idrees Hollis, was staying with his ex-girlfriend, Tanisha Gilmore, after he and Wilson had a falling out. Around 1:40 a.m. on April 15, 2020, Gilmore heard banging at her front door and someone yelling for Hollis to open the door. She recognized the voice as Wilson’s voice. She looked out her window and saw Wilson with another woman, whom she did not recognize. Afraid that the two women would break her windows, Gilmore called the police. She then heard someone say, “ ‘Oh, so you’re not going to open the door,’ ” and it was “quiet for a minute.” After a while, Gilmore saw lights outside, and she thought it was the police. She instead found her van on fire. She did not see Wilson outside at that point. Gilmore’s neighbor was woken up by the banging on Gilmore’s door. She saw two women “peeking” in a van parked in front of Gilmore’s house. The neighbor heard the women shout, “ ‘Come out the house, B. We know you in there so you might as well come out. You must be scared because you ain’t came out by now, so come on out.’ ” The neighbor could not see the women’s faces because it was dark. Eventually, the two women left,…