People v. Sloan CA3

BACKGROUND

M.M. arrived home at about 7:50 p.m., after she deposited checks at a Wells Fargo Bank automated teller machine (ATM). As she stood at her front door with a bank bag labeled Wells Fargo, she noticed a man approaching her. The bank bag contained her personal checkbook, an ATM card, and the receipts from the deposit she made that night. The man grabbed M.M. from behind and ordered her to give him the bank bag. M.M. screamed and kicked her front door. The man hit her, took the bank bag, and ran to a car. The robber’s face was covered and M.M. could not identify him. But she said he was a very tall, thin, Black man with short hair. M.M.’s husband (husband) came out of the house when he heard his wife shouting for help. He saw a tall, thin, Black man with short hair running away. Husband only saw the back of the man’s head. He said the man was a little taller than six feet two inches. The man got into the passenger’s side of a car. Police were dispatched at 7:55 p.m. in response to a call about the robbery. Husband followed the robber’s car in his truck. At one point, his truck was right behind the car. Husband saw the car run a red light and enter the freeway. Husband…