People v. Broxton CA3

FACTS

Robbery of Richard Conner As Richard Conner pulled into a Jimboy’s Tacos parking lot to drop off two women passengers, three young Black men approached his car. They were dressed in dark clothing. Conner noticed another man in a white sweatshirt standing about 20 or 30 feet away. The men opened his passenger side car doors, ordered the women to leave, and robbed Conner. One of the men showed Conner that he had a gun and said that “he hadn’t used [the gun] yet, [but] he’d like to try it out.” Conner was told he would be shot if he looked at anybody. One of them also told Conner he would be shot if he did not give them the correct PIN for his ATM card. Conner did not recall seeing the man in the white sweatshirt after his ATM card was taken. Conner called his bank upon arriving home and learned his ATM card had been used at a credit union within a mile of Jimboy’s. Surveillance photos taken at the credit union showed a man in a white or light sweatshirt similar to the one Conner saw the man wearing who stood nearby during the robbery. The parties stipulated defendant was the person in the photos that used Conner’s ATM card. Robbery of Zachary Basten and Andrew Santellan About…