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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In the early morning hours Mays attempted the burglary of a Los Angeles dress shop. The store’s security camera captured Mays attempting to enter the store through its shattered front window. Jang Lee, the owner of the store, happened to be present and heard the window break. As Lee walked toward the front of the store, he saw Mays outside. Lee testified that he got a good look at Mays for approximately five seconds before Mays ran away. Lee called 911 and described the suspect as a black man wearing a red ski cap and dark clothing. The video from the store’s surveillance camera showed Mays wearing a red knit cap, using a cane or crowbar to try to clear glass from in front of the store. Police officers detained Mays shortly after the 911 call as he walked down a sidewalk near the dress shop. Mays was wearing dark clothing and in his backpack the officers found a red knit cap, a hammer, three gloves and a seven to eight-inch blade. Other officers drove Lee to Mays’s location and Lee identified Mays as the person he had seen at the window of his dress shop. Lee identified Mays again at trial. In an interview following his arrest Mays confessed to the…