Lucero
People v. Lucero
Opinion
Opinion
Certified for Partial Publication. [*]
JOHNSON, Associate Justice.
Defendant Ernie Lucero appeals from his conviction on two counts of robbery and from the finding the offenses were committed while he was on bail. Co-defendant Jessica Maldonado appeals from her robbery conviction. We affirm.
A man wearing a stocking mask entered the customer service area of a gas station in Pomona, pulled a gun and ordered the attendant to hand over the station's money. The attendant, Mohammed Islam, complied with the robber's demand. The robber then directed Islam into the storeroom and told him to stay there. After waiting a couple of minutes, Islam peeked out the storeroom door. He saw the robber, with his mask off, leap a wall into an alley. Peering over the wall, Islam saw the robber jump into an old Cadillac driven by a woman. As the pair drove away, Islam wrote down the license number.
When the police arrived, Islam described the robber as approximately six feet tall, 185 pounds, with black hair and no mustache. He described the driver as a slim blackhaired Hispanic woman in her middle thirties. Islam was sure the Cadillac was twotoned, burgundy or brown and white. He was not sure which…