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P. v. Royal CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
Yegan, J.
Facts Appellant entered a bank and handed a note to a teller. The note read, " 'This is a robbery. Give me all the money that you have in the drawer and no bait.' " After the teller read the note, appellant declared, "This is a robbery," and he demanded all of the money in the drawer. Appellant did not display a weapon, but he kept one hand inside a pocket. The teller feared for his own safety and the safety of his co-workers. He handed over $9,368.75, after which appellant left the bank. A video of the bank robbery was shown on the local television news. An anonymous citizen told the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that the bank robber looked like appellant. Michael Claytor, a police detective, checked appellant's criminal record and found that he was on parole. Claytor obtained a photograph of appellant and confirmed that he looked like the bank robber. Appellant's parole agent agreed. Detective Claytor conducted a parole search of appellant's residence and recovered "an empty gun holster and a loaded .32 magazine for a firearm." The parole agent authorized appellant's arrest. FBI agents located appellant's unoccupied vehicle in a parking…