People v. Livingston CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Pertinent Offense Conduct 1. Overview of the robberies From December 2016 to March 2017, defendant and Markeith Daniels (Daniels) robbed a series of AutoZone stores. They committed nine robberies, and attempted two others, at stores in Long Beach, Bellflower, Lakewood, Wilmington, Carson, Hawaiian Gardens, and Gardena. The execution of the robberies followed a similar pattern. Defendant and Daniels arrived at each AutoZone store between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. They wore dark gloves and face masks.

3 At least one of them carried a gun. One also carried a dark- colored backpack. Defendant and Daniels demanded both the money from the cash registers and the money from the safe in a back area of each store. They directed an employee to place the money in the backpack. As we will describe in more detail, they instructed employees and some customers present in the store to go to the back of the store while the robberies took place. Of the two attempted robberies, one attempt was foiled by an employee opening the emergency exit and triggering an alarm. The other, which led to Daniels’ arrest, did not progress past an attempt because the AutoZone store…