People v. Lopez CA2/6

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On the morning of October 2, 2011, Maria Gallardo and Shena Villa were working at a CVS store in Glendale when the store alarm sounded. Gallardo and Villa looked toward the front of the store and saw a man run out the door holding a basket filled with store merchandise. Villa, who was working at the register closest to the exit, ran out the door. Villa was unable to see where the man had gone and returned to the store. Thirty minutes later, Villa was working at a cash register when appellant, who was wearing a green baseball cap and a black leg brace, grabbed her arm and asked if someone had stolen something. Villa called Gallardo and told her what had happened. Gallardo stepped just outside the front entrance and asked appellant if she could help him.2 The man who had run out of the store with the basket of merchandise was standing a few feet behind appellant. Gallardo said she had no idea if anything had been stolen and went back inside the store. Gallardo reviewed the store's surveillance video from earlier that morning, a recording of which was played for the jury. The video depicts the following: Appellant entered the store, picked up a basket, and…