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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Brown waived a preliminary hearing. The report of the probation officer indicates Brown was involved in two incidents of armed robbery. On June 4, 2009, four men entered a pawnshop in Hawthorne, pointed guns at store employees, took jewelry valued at more than $200,000 from display cases and fled in two cars. Five days later, three men attempted to commit an armed robbery at a pawnshop in Long Beach. During the incident, Robert Howes shot one of the would-be robbers in the thigh. In response, one of the robbers fired four shots, one of which struck Howes in the face. Analysis of blood found outside the Long Beach location matched Brown’s DNA. Also, a photograph of Brown appeared to match photographs taken by security cameras in both robberies.

1 Subsequent unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 If a sentence includes a period of parole, section 1202.45 requires the trial court to impose a probation revocation fine in the same amount as the restitution fine imposed under section 1202.4. 2 In photographic lineups, two witnesses identified Brown as a participant in the Hawthorne robbery. Before Brown pleaded no contest as indicated…