Assertion: arson | /r/HasProperty | committed
Facets:
value: for insurance fraud purposes
type: PURPOSE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Arson is also committed to cover up evidence of another crime, and some individuals even undertake it for entertainment or thrills.
text: For purposes of this paragraph, arson of property does not include one burning or causing to be burned his or her own personal property unless there is an intent to defraud or there is injury to another person or another person’s
text: Arson may be an attempt to profit directly through insurance fraud, destroying unprofitable inventory, or dissolving a business.
text: It's important to note that arson occurs where there is either intent to cause damage or destroy, or where there is proof of recklessness in starting a fire.
text: Although the penalties are stiff, arson is a frequently committed crime.
text: Arson is sometimes committed in order to cover up another crime.
text: The presence of residues in the soot left by petroleum based accelerants can be a dead giveaway that an arson has been committed.
text: Arson can also be committed to defraud insurance companies; those individuals who commit arson for this reason start a fire in the hopes of illegitimately collecting insurance compensation for the destruction of their property.
text: If no damage resulted from the defendant’s actions, no arson was committed.
text: Arson in the first degree is also committed when a person knowingly damages or assists, advises, hires, encourages, counsels, or procures another person to commit arson during the commission of another felony.
text: The Fourth Appellate District, in People v. Keith Julian Costella (2017 DJDAR 3909), denied the appeal, finding that the vacant lot constituted “brush covered land” under the definition of “forest land” in Penal Code § 450(b).The appellate court found substantial evidence from the trial court record that the land where the arson was committed was brush covered and thus constituted forest land.
text: The point of origin must match the ignition source and the ignition source must be in a place in which it would not normally occur to prove an arson has been committed (Battle, 1978).
text: Arson which is only committed for insurance fraud purposes, however, may not be punished as severely.
text: Arson which is only committed for insurance fraud purposes, however, may not be punished as severely.
text: Arson which is only committed for insurance fraud purposes, however, may not be punished as severely.