People v. Brammer CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Defendant confessed to, was charged with, and was convicted of 13 counts of second degree robbery. We set forth our summary of the evidence presented at trial regarding the crimes in chronological order. 1. Robbery at Helda’s Beauty Salon (count 8) A White man with blue eyes, wearing a fake mustache, fake beard, and “ski hat” entered Helda’s Beauty Salon around 6:45 p.m. on December 12, 2009. He approached owner Shanaz Bashiz, pointed a gun at her, and pushed her toward the cash register as he demanded money. She opened the cash register and he took the money from the drawer. At the preliminary hearing and trial, Bashiz identified defendant as the robber and remarked she would never forget the robber’s eyes. At both proceedings, Bashiz left the witness stand and approached defendant to look into his eyes before identifying him. The robbery was captured on three of the salon’s security cameras, and the recordings from these cameras were played at trial. When detectives showed Bashiz a photographic array that did not contain defendant’s photo, she tentatively identified two photographs, one of which was a photograph of Jack Bingham. Detectives ultimately cleared…