People v. Dill CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

When defendant was 16 years old, he was adjudicated a ward of the court for

robbery and aggravated assault when he participated with an armed accomplice in taking

jewelry by force from a victim in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. Defendant was

then committed to the California Youth Authority (Youth Authority) for eight years, but

was released after three or four years when he was 20 years old.

In 1991, while defendant was still on parole after his release from the Youth

Authority, and before his 21st birthday, he committed another robbery. He and two

accomplices robbed the clerk of a convenience store. One of the accomplices was armed

with a knife. Defendant was sentenced to prison for three years.

2 Defendant was on parole in 1993 when he entered a shoe store with two

accomplices; one of the accomplices was armed with a gun. Defendant helped herd the

store employees into the back room. Defendant pushed one of the employees to the floor,

and an accomplice threatened to kill the employees. Defendant assisted his companions

by tying their hands with duct tape. Defendant and his accomplices emptied the cash

register, tripping a…