P.
P. v. Bucio CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
I. The Crimes
On a Saturday morning in mid-August 2008, Gurmohinder Singh (Singh) walked out of the U.S. Bank in Oxnard, California. He was carrying a black bag containing $100,000 cash that he had just withdrawn for his check-cashing business. Jeffrey Aguilar (Aguilar) approached Singh, shot him several times, grabbed the black bag, and fled on foot with a stream of cash trailing behind him. Singh died minutes later on the floor of the bank's lobby. A few days earlier, Aguilar had met with Bucio, his aunt. Bucio knew Singh. She knew that Singh and his partners owned several check-cashing businesses. She knew that owners of such businesses needed to withdraw large amounts of cash (because she owned one herself). She knew that Singh banked at the U.S. Bank in Oxnard. She knew that Aguilar was a member of the Colonia street gang. In the garage of her home, Bucio discussed with Aguilar how to "get[] money" from an "Arabian guy" who "owned a couple of stores." A day or two later, Aguilar enlisted his friend and fellow Colonia gang member, Mario Cervantes (Cervantes), to drive him to the U.S. Bank in Oxnard. They parked facing the bank's…