People v. Richardson CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

I.

THE UNDERLYING CRIME

On May 2, 1988, Harley Curtis drove a car carrying Richardson and King. He parked the car about 75 yards from Cash Unlimited, a check

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal

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2 cashing business in Santa Ana, sometime around 8:30 a.m. Cash Unlimited opened at 9:00 a.m. It was located in a downstairs suite of a two-story office building. The office building had a hallway that divided the downstairs in half. After the car was parked, Richardson and King exited the car and walked to Cash Unlimited together. When they arrived, there were already three other customers (the customers) waiting outside the office building for Cash Unlimited to open. Richardson and King initially waited outside the building with the customers. King then entered the office building, and the customers followed him inside. Richardson remained outside the building for a few minutes then also entered. Inside the building’s hallway, King smoked and paced back and forth. Richardson remained further down the hall from Cash Unlimited’s door. One of the customers testified at trial that she did not see Richardson and King talk to…