People v. Shahen CA2/1

BACKGROUND

A. Evidence Presented at Trial2 1. Crimes against Victoria Papazian Victoria Papazian lived with her family in a three-bedroom house in Downey. At around 9:00 a.m., on August 15, 2016, she

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 We include here evidence pertinent to the issue before

us—whether the trial court complied with section 654 when it imposed and declined to stay punishment on four of the five false

2 was asleep in a bedroom and a noise woke her. She had been alone in the house. When she opened her eyes, she saw a man, later identified as Shahen, wearing all black clothing and a “very scary mask” like that worn in the movie “Scream,” and pointing a gun at her face. He said, “ ‘I’m not going to hurt you. Don’t make a sound.’ ” Then, he placed handcuffs on her wrists. He told her he needed money, and she took him to her purse in the living room which contained $10,000 in cash. All the while he pointed the gun at her. He took the money and said he needed $30,000. She responded that she did not have that much money and offered to give him a $30,000 Cartier watch. She took him back to the bedroom where she had been sleeping, and he…