People v. Ward CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Because defendant’s sole appellate contention pertains to jury selection and he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, we set forth a cursory summary of the offenses. 1. The offenses A hooded, masked man wearing latex gloves entered a Bank of America branch in Playa Vista on June 11, 2010, pointed a gun at the three employees and stole $18,900. The robber got into a white 1985–1987 Nissan Sentra that matched a car owned by defendant. On August 18, 2010, two hooded, masked men wearing latex gloves attempted a robbery at the same bank branch after beating a security guard outside and stealing the guard’s gun. All of the employees hid, and the would-be robbers left in a stolen black Jeep Cherokee driven by a third man, who also wore latex gloves. The Jeep was recovered several blocks from the bank. Three latex gloves found in the Jeep and two found just outside the bank contained DNA matching defendant.

2 On January 21, 2011, police observed codefendant Jonathan Jones and another man sitting in a stolen red Jeep Cherokee. Defendant’s white Sentra was parked in front of the Jeep and depicted on a video recorded from the police car,…