People v. Guidry CA4/3

FACTS

One evening about 9:50 p.m., V.P., a Walmart employee, saw Guidry enter the store. V.P. recognized Guidry because security had circulated “be on the lookout pictures” of him. After speaking with a Walmart asset protection director, she called 911. While talking with the 911 operator, she began following Guidry toward the electronics section. Surveillance footage showed Guidry using a hammer to break open a cash register in the electronics section. Guidry left the store at 9:53 p.m., three minutes after he had entered. When V.P. learned a register had been broken into, she had an associate secure the remaining contents of the register so they could determine how much money had been taken. The register was broken and $1,755 was missing. Huntington Beach Police Officer Tommy Mang responded to a call of a theft at Walmart. Mang received information from dispatch that the suspect “was a male, [B]lack, approximately 20 or 30 years old, wearing a

1 Guidry does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions. Under established appellate principles, we recite the facts in the light most favorable to the judgment. (People v. Curl (2009) 46 Cal.4th 339, 342,…