People v. Barnes CA2/5

Facts Between March 16 and August 19, 2012, appellants robbed the Celine Nails salon and Rose Nails salon in Burbank and the Nail Design salon and U.S. Nails salon in

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.

2 Sherman Oaks. They robbed Nail Design twice. They also robbed the Sen boutique in Los Angeles. Following the July 30, 2012, robbery at U.S. Nails, appellants and Catherine Payne (Catherine) went to a Target store in the Santa Clarita Valley. There, Catherine used a credit card stolen from a customer during the U.S. Nails robbery. At some point after the nail salon robberies, Barnes gave a family friend, Mary Heiss, checks made out to him with the notation “work” on them. Heiss later learned that the checks were stolen and/or forged. Two of the victims of the nail salon robberies identified the checks as theirs.

1. Nail Design robbery On March 16, 2012, Thu Nguyen was working at her salon, Nail Design, in Sherman Oaks. Lisa Vuong was also working. There was also a customer in the salon. Around 3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m., appellants entered the store. Nguyen asked Payne what kind of color she wanted, and asked both appellants to sit…