People v. Maguire CA4/1

Filed 2/20/26 P. v. Maguire CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D084807

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. INF2101562)

TIMOTHY LEE MAGUIRE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Riverside County, Louis R. Hanoian, Judge. Affirmed. Denise M. Rudasill, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Collette C. Cavalier and Kathryn Kirschbaum, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury convicted Timothy Lee Maguire of unlawfully causing a fire to

an inhabited structure (Pen. Code,1 § 452, subd. (b); count 1); felony vandalism causing $400 or more in damage to property (§ 594, subds. (a), (b)(1); count 2); and misdemeanor vandalism causing less than $400 in damage (§ 594, subds. (a), (b)(2)(A); count 3). It acquitted him of the greater, charged offense in count 1 of arson of an inhabited structure (§ 451, subd. (b)). Maguire rented an apartment in a five unit building in Palm Springs. He was served with an eviction notice on June 1, 2021. Three days later, he slashed the tires of another resident’s vehicle (count 3) and made a large hole in the wall between his unit and a neighboring one (count 2). Later that day, he started a fire in his apartment (count 1). A neighbor saw smoke and called 911. Palm Springs police officer Matthew Crampton responded to the call and was first to arrive on the scene. When he arrived, Maguire was outside the building, and there was smoke billowing out of it. Maguire told Officer Crampton that there was a fire in the kitchen of his apartment, but it was now extinguished. Officer Crampton was the first person inside the property to check for other people, and he did not see any flames. The fire department also responded to the call and subsequently cleared the apartment for entry. The fire caused damage to the apartment’s kitchen sink, drawers, tiles, walls, window, and light fixture. There was debris from a fire extinguisher on the floor. A further examination of the apartment also showed Maguire had carved words into the walls with a knife and smashed the bathtub and