People v. Cramer CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In September 2012, when defendant was 17 years old, he robbed a bank.

Defendant went to a teller window and said he wanted to cash a check. He placed an

envelope on the counter. The teller asked defendant to remove the check from the

envelope; defendant pulled out a piece of paper and presented it to the teller. The paper

was a note demanding money and stating that defendant had a bomb. Defendant was

wearing a backpack at the time. The teller took money out of her drawer and gave it to

defendant. An accounting of the teller’s drawer showed that defendant had taken $3,277.

Defendant apparently left the bank on foot.

The police responded to the bank’s silent alarm, but arrived after defendant had

left. Other customers and bank employees gave the police a description of defendant, and

some said they could identify him again. Some of the witnesses also noticed a second

man who seated himself in front of an unoccupied banker’s desk with no apparent

business. The second man was dressed in a white t-shirt. A bank employee at another

desk, who was assisting another couple, asked the man if she could help him. The man

stated that he wanted to…