The People v. Hill CA2/4

Filed 9/3/13 P. v. Hill CA2/4

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE, B241926

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA072295) v.

OMARI HILL,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Beverly Reid O‟Connell, Judge. Affirmed. Lea Rappaport Geller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent.

Omari Hill appeals from his conviction of two counts of second degree robbery and one count of grand theft person. Our independent review of the record reveals no arguable issue that would aid him. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY On December 27, 2011, Rosemary Hernandez was returning to work at a Catholic church after having lunch. Her friend, Anna Ibarra, was with her. As they approached the gate to the church office, they saw a man leaning against the fence, partially blocking the entrance. He was Black, and was holding a cell phone to his face. He had a bag on his back. He was wearing blue pajama bottoms with white designs on them. Ms. Ibarra identified the man as appellant, but Ms. Hernandez was unable to do so. He took the purse Ms. Hernandez was holding. He walked quickly away as he opened the purse and looked through the contents. Ms. Hernandez did not give appellant permission to take her purse. She attempted to pursue him, but lost sight of him when he went around a corner onto another street. Police officers responded to the report of the robbery. Based on a conversation with a person from the school across the street, Ms. Hernandez told the police to look for her purse there. The officers recovered her wallet from a trash can behind the school, and a small backpack. Everything was still in the wallet. Ms. Hernandez and Ms. Ibarra testified that the pajama bottoms appellant was wearing at the time of his arrest appeared to be the same as those worn by the robber. The same day, Maria Delgadillo was going to visit her daughter at her condominium building. She held her white purse and a bag with presents for her grandchildren. She was about to go upstairs when she saw appellant coming down the stairs. She moved to one side, holding her purse. As appellant passed, he grabbed her purse from her hand and took it away by force. She identified appellant as the person who robbed her. She did not give him permission to take her purse. As appellant was running away, Ms. Delgadillo attempted to follow him. He pulled out a brush from his pocket and threw it at her very hard. She stopped following him because she was afraid.