People v. Ramudo CA3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Around midnight on November 8, 2012, Mark C., his wife Barbara C., and their teenage twins, son M.C. and daughter N.C., were awakened by their home’s burglar alarm. They had been sleeping upstairs in their two-story home. Mark ran downstairs and found the front window was broken and a fire was burning the carpet in front of the window. Mark and M.C. put out the fire with water from the kitchen. Sheriff deputies arrived and found a note taped to the family’s front door that read, “Leave Town.” Inside the broken window, deputies found a large stone, a sock soaked in flammable liquid, and multiple burn spots on the carpet. On the ground outside the broken window, deputies found a wine bottle with a flame at the top. In the front yard, deputies found a lighter with a marijuana leaf sticker. Deputies concluded the sock and wine bottle had been used to make a “Molotov Cocktail” that fell apart before it completely entered the home. M.C. and N.C. thought defendant and E.G. were responsible for the fire. M.C. and N.C. had had disputes with defendant and E.G. N.C. stated defendant and E.G. chased

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