Hall

FACTS

The Robbery On August 15, 2018, at about 2:40 p.m., [A.T.] saw defendant Phalon Amad Hall, his neighbor from four doors down, walking toward his front door. A.T. grew marijuana at his house, which A.T. and Hall had smoked there in the past. When A.T. answered the door, another man was standing behind Hall. A.T. shut the door and went to get marijuana for Hall from inside his house. A.T. returned and as he again opened the front door, he saw Hall make a sudden movement toward his waistband, which caused A.T. to feel threatened. A.T. tried to close the door, but three Black males forced their way into his house at gunpoint. After striking A.T. with an unknown object, the robbers demanded marijuana and money. A.T. was forced upstairs at gunpoint to open his safe, which contained rifles, camera equipment, and jewelry. The robbers then took A.T. back downstairs. At some point (the timeline was murky in A.T.’s recollection due to the trauma), the intruders took A.T. into the garage, where they made an unsuccessful attempt to start a vehicle belonging to A.T.’s friend. Ultimately, the intruders tied A.T. to a chair in the kitchen where they proceeded to pistol whip him and beat…