People v. Brown CA2/8

FACTS

The Crimes As Brown does not contest that substantial evidence supports the jury’s verdicts, our discussion of the facts surrounding his crimes is limited. It is sufficient to state that the evidence at Brown’s trial established the following facts. On May 29, 2014, Brown robbed a Chase Bank on Glendale Avenue in Glendale. (Counts 6, 7.) On June 18, 2014, Brown robbed a Chase Bank on National Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Counts 2, 3.) On June 26, 2014, Brown robbed a Chase Bank on Colorado Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Counts 4, 5.) On July 15, 2015, Brown and his son walked into a U.S. Bank on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, and Brown’s son presented a robbery note to a bank employee. When the employee pulled an alarm under his desk, Brown and his son left the bank. (Count 1.) Santa Monica Police Department officers detained Brown’s son a few blocks from the U.S. Bank a short time after the attempted robbery. Police drove two bank employees to the scene, where they identified Brown’s son in a field line-up.

1 Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806 (Faretta). 2 All further undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.

2 Two weeks later, Los Angeles Police…