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P. v. Laws CA5

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 30, 2013F062536California1,492 words

Opinion

Opinion

FACTS

Count 13 On May 24, 2010, Kern County Sheriff’s deputies, responding to a report of a robbery in progress, made contact with a store clerk who told the deputies the following: A Black male, age 20 to 30, “entered the store with a kitchen knife in his hand and demanded [the victim] open the cash register and give the suspect money.” The clerk opened the register and “then jumped over the counter and went into the cooler.” He later found that “the suspect was gone and had taken approximately $505.00 from the register.” The deputies viewed security video footage of the robbery. On June 4, 2010, appellant was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers. Sherriff’s deputies “responded to the scene where officers had [appellant] in custody and immediately recognized him as the suspect who had committed the robbery on May 24, 2010.” The

There was no trial testimony as to the count 1 offense. Our factual summary of that offense is taken from the report of the probation officer.

3 store clerk later identified appellant in a six-picture photographic lineup as the person who had robbed the store. Counts 2 and 3 On January 24, 2010, Sean Ghuman was working as a clerk in a…

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