People v. White CA1/3

BACKGROUND

Around 11:20 a.m. on December 20, 2012, Royleen Eriksen had finished her grocery shopping and was approaching her parked pickup truck when she heard someone

1 Further statutory citations are to the Penal Code.

1 say “Look at this. It’s a knife.” She looked and saw White holding a knife an inch or two from her side. She screamed and ran around to the far side of her shopping basket. White yelled at her to give him her money. At that point Mrs. Eriksen’s husband jumped out of the truck and started to make a call on his cell phone. White approached him with the knife in his hand and told him to hang up, then headed across the parking lot with Mr. Eriksen following him. After briefly losing sight of White, Mr. Eriksen spotted him in a Planet Smoothie shop. White left the shop, saw Mr. Eriksen and pulled the knife out of his pocket, saying “Do you want some of this?” Mr. Eriksen retreated across the street and White headed around the corner. Just then police arrived. Mr. Eriksen gave them White’s description and pointed out the direction he had fled. Patricia DeLapo was nearby that morning Christmas shopping. She was standing at the passenger side of her parked car when…