People v. Dario CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

One evening in March 2022, surveillance cameras at a Walmart store in American Canyon showed Dario and his codefendant, Abraham Lopez, enter the Walmart parking lot and park their car. Dario and Lopez entered Walmart together. Lopez filled a shopping cart with a tote bag and several items, then gave the shopping cart to defendant. Lopez retrieved a second shopping cart and filled it with groceries. Dario went through the self- checkout registers, failed to pay for some of the items, and then exited the Walmart. Lopez paid for all of his items and left the store. Asset protection associates approached and spoke to Dario, who denied that any theft occurred. Local police were alerted, and when officers arrived, an asset protection associate told them that Dario had left the store and was walking through the parking lot. The officers located and detained both Dario and Lopez, both of whom were identified by the asset protection associate. Additionally, the officers found parked in the Walmart parking lot the car Dario and Lopez arrived in. It matched the license plate provided by Walmart staff. Officers

2 searched the car and found a loaded firearm magazine and a…