CALCRIM No. 1515

The defendant is charged [in Count] with arson [in violation of

Penal Code section 451(c/d)].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant set fire to or burned [or (counseled[,]/ [or]

helped[,]/ [or] caused) the burning of] (a structure/forest land/

property);

AND

2. (He/She) acted willfully and maliciously.

To set fire to or burn means to damage or destroy with fire either all or

part of something, no matter how small the part.

Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on

purpose.

As used here, someone acts maliciously when he or she intentionally does

a wrongful act under circumstances that the direct, natural, and highly

probable consequences would be the burning of the (structure/ [or]

property) or when he or she acts with the unlawful intent to defraud,

annoy, or injure someone else.

[A structure is any (building/bridge/tunnel/power plant/commercial or

public tent).]

[Forest land means brush-covered land, cut-over land, forest, grasslands,

or woods.]

[Property means personal property or land other than forest land.]

[A person does not commit arson if the only thing burned is his or her

own personal property, unless he or she acts with the intent to defraud,

or the fire also injures someone else or someone else’s structure, forest

land, or property.]

New January 2006; Revised February 2013, August 2016, April 2020, February