People v. Torkelson CA4/1

I.

BACKGROUND

A. Facts Torkelson worked the midnight shift as an unarmed security guard at Five Star Park, Shuttle, and Fly (Five Star), a long-term parking lot that opened in July of 1999 near the San Diego International Airport. He was 21 years old at the time. Torkelson was consistently late for work and did not show up at all on July 11–12. He was fired and replaced by David Bond. On July 12, 1999, Torkelson was in Arizona with his friend, Jeffrey Young, whom he had met in San Diego at Aryan Nation meetings. They stayed with Jason Getscher at his home for a few days. Young and Getscher had become friends while they were in prison together in Arizona. Young and Getscher introduced Torkelson to Max Anderson, who was also staying with Getscher and had served time in prison with him and Young. While Anderson was staying with Getscher, he broke into a motorcycle shop and stole payroll checks, which Torkelson and Young unsuccessfully tried to cash at a bank. Torkelson then proposed that he, Anderson, and Young rob Five Star. Anderson said he would provide firearms. Torkelson telephoned David Raynoha, a friend with whom he had spent time in juvenile hall, to enlist his help in…