People v. Coombs CA2/8

Filed 3/26/15 P. v. Coombs CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B256576

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA411439) v.

MARCUS COOMBS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Robert J. Perry, Judge. Affirmed.

Mark S. Devore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Marcus Coombs appeals from a judgment which sentenced him to 11 years in state prison for second degree robbery. We affirm the judgment. FACTS On May 16, 2013, Allison Hughes was robbed as she walked to her car from Iguana Vintage Clothing on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Both Allison1 and her 20-year-old son, Nicholas, worked there. At 4:30 p.m., they decided to leave the store for their lunch break. On the street, a man commented to Allison, “nice jacket.” She thanked him and continued to the employee parking lot with Nicholas, which was behind the store and down an alley. As she approached her car with her keys in her hand and a clutch-style purse under her arm, she heard Nicholas yell, “Look out.” Allison then “felt like someone was just jumping on to [her] back . . .” He grabbed her purse, pushed her, and ran down the alley. Nicholas chased after him towards Hollywood Boulevard, yelling for people to “stop that guy in the red shirt.” Two other people joined Nicholas in the chase. One of them was able to grab the assailant, who stumbled, dropped the purse, and continued to run. Officer Bryan Nguyen from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was conducting a traffic stop nearby when he heard yelling about a robbery. He noticed a man wearing a red long-sleeved shirt running on Hollywood Boulevard. Stephanie Daniels was working that day on the fifth floor of a building located on Hollywood and Vine when she heard a woman screaming. She looked out a window and saw a man clutching something in his hand running down Hollywood Boulevard. She believed it could have been a purse. When she left work that day, she observed Coombs sitting in the back of a patrol car. She recognized him by his red shirt and told the police officers what she saw. LAPD officer Howard Hwang received a radio call about a robbery suspect described as a white man wearing a red shirt while on patrol with his partner in the area. They noticed a suspect matching that description walking briskly on Selma Street, which