People v. Albin CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On August 28, 2013, between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Albin entered a Wells

Fargo bank in San Diego and approached a teller. Albin handed the teller a bank flyer

about home equity loans and asked her questions about it. Albin then handed the teller a

note and told her: "If you don't comply with this note, I'm going to shoot fire within three

seconds." The note stated: "Give me all 10s, 20s, 50s main drawer. No tracking devices.

See weapon." The teller saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun.

Albin then began counting. The teller grabbed cash from the drawer, including

"bait money" and handed it to Albin. Albin left the bank and another teller, who would

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 later identify Albin as the robber, pressed the alert button. The crime was recorded on the

bank's surveillance video. Shortly after the robbery, a surveillance video from a Robbins

Brothers store at the same intersection as the bank showed a man remove the top layers of

his clothing and throw it into the store's gated courtyard. Store employees heard of the

robbery and noticed items of…