People v. Negrette CA2/6

FACTS

On May 23, 2011, Negrette entered a bank and handed a teller a note stating, "No bait. No mistakes. This is a holdup. Money please." The teller gave him more than $3,000.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless stated otherwise. On June 9, 2011, Negrette went back to the bank, approached a teller and said, "Give me all your money fast." The teller "opened her cash drawers" and pulled out money. Negrette left the bank with $2,292. Georgia Young owned a 2001 Toyota Avalon which was parked in the garage of her residence. On the evening of June 9, she told a police officer that someone had "stolen" that vehicle. A sheriff's deputy saw Negrette driving the stolen car. The deputy activated his lights and siren and pursued him. Negrette fled. He reached speeds "in excess of 120 miles an hour." The car Negrette drove went off the freeway "and crashed into a ditch." The deputy approached Negrette, "drew" his "side arm," and ordered him to stop. Negrette ran to a chain link fence. He then "put his hands up and went onto the ground." He was taken into custody. Negrette entered into a negotiated plea agreement. He pled no contest to second degree robbery…