Michael, Levy and Straus were all friends. In fact, all three were in a gang together. This was until Michael left the gang a year before the robbery. Michael even cut his relationships with the other two when he left the gang. On the day of the robbery, Levy and Straus went to Michael’s house and asked him to drive the two of them to the bank. Michael agreed to take them to the bank. When they got there, Levy ordered Michael to stay in the vehicle while both Levy and Straus went into the bank. While Michael waited, Levy and Straus started to rob the bank, and while they were doing this they shot the manager. The police were called while this happen and they showed up and surrounded the bank. All three men were caught and arrested. Michael …show more content…
There are many reasons as to why this would not work. To start off, this defence would not work as there was no death threat made out to him. In fact, Michael used previous experience from his gang as the reasoning behind him feeling threatened. Not only did he not get a death threat made to him, Michael used to be a part of the gang. This is one of the limitations of the defence. Even though he left and cut the relationships with the other members, the members still came back to him to get him assist him in the robbery. A third reason as to why this defence would not work out is the fact that he did have alternative options that he could have done to prevent himself from getting caught up in this. The first option would be to refuse to assist. He could have told them that he could not help them and then called the police if they had told him about the plan. The second option that he had would be that he could have left the vehicle to call the cops the minute that they got there. Yes he would have had to admit that he drove the two of them to the bank, but then he wouldn’t have had to “fear” for his life as both Levy and Straus would have been in jail. The fourth and final reason that he would not get the defence is that during the robbery, the manager was shot. There was no update to how the manager was after getting shot but if the manager had died, this would have been manslaughter. Manslaughter is a form of murder and murder is a limitation to the
If you read page 245, O’brien’s closing statement reads, “The State did elicit from Steve that he spoke to Mr.King about basketball. The conversation were short, and without substance. At no time did the State establish any conversation between Steve and anyone else about a robbery.”. Even though Steve has had small talk with James, there is no proof that they’ve talked about planning the robbery. On page 51, there’s a flashback between a woman named Peaches, a man named Johnny, King, and Steve. King did mention the difficulties of getting money and the only thing Steve did was agree to just that. Nothing more, nothing less. Then, Peaches, Johnny, and King spoke about is money.
SUMMARY OF FACTS: Two armed men rob a bank in Alhambra, CA. One of defendant steals money, holds a women teller hostage and shoots at a police officer severely wounding him. The second defendant is offered money by one of the robbers to steal a white automobile as the “getaway car” for the robbery. The police takes the defendants into custody. One of the defendant’s statement was used as evidence.
Victim Ronald Logan testified before the Court that on January 30, 2016 about 5:30 p.m., he was sitting inside of his car outside the Decatur Apartments listening to music when a male, Kilo, approached his car asking if he had changed for a $10.00. Kilo then jumped into the backseat of his car on the passenger side without his permission and pulled out a gun pointing it to the back his head demanding that he “give him everything that he had.” Victim Logan stated that he reached into his pants pocket and gave him $200.00-$300.00. Kilo then instructed for him to crank the car up and drive off. As victim Logan drove out of the apartment complex, Kilo fired a shot in his back causing him to crash into a house a few houses down from the apartment
The movie I am reviewing is called: Trainsplotting. This movie was based on Mark Renton and his friend abusing heroin. Heroin was a part of their everyday life for example; they called it better than having sex. Mark Renton also explained how choosing a life was harder and that doing heron was much simple. He loved the feeling it gave him and thinks it is a lot better than having an organism.
At 11:54 am on August 9, 2014, Michael Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were recorded on a convenience store security camera leaving the store with a $48.00 box of Swisher Sweet Cigars. At that time, a dispatch went out over police radio reporting the crime, a strong armed robbery (Freivogal). According to Grandstrandlaw.com, a strong armed robbery “… occurs when there is no deadly weapon used during the robbery” (Frederick). With this in mind, we cannot assume that Michael Brown had a gun. We can also not say that he may have had a gun, but just decided to not show it to the convenience store clerk in order to intimidate him or her during the robbery. When Brown and Johnson left the store, they had a ten minute walk to get back to where they lived. When they were walking home, they were walking in the middle of the street when Officer Darren Wilson ordered
John Sullivan and Chuck Klosterman are both very skilled and talented journalists, as I have already observed by the few essays that I have read by them. In Sullivan’s “The Final Comeback of Axl Rose,” he is describing his experience at one of Rose's comeback performances in New York with different band members mocking the originals, as well as digging up Axl’s past in Lafayette, Indiana. Klosterman’s piece, “The Pretenders,” isn’t so much about Axl Rose himself, but is focusing on the motivation behind tribute bands, specifically Paradise City, a Guns N’ Roses tribute. Throughout both of these essays, the authors have drastic tone shifts that greatly add to the messages within the pieces.
In reviewing this case, we believe that the defense is more valid than the prosecutors in this case. The evidence that was presented from the defense in this case carries a significant amount of weight that helped to draw us to the conclusion that Michael is innocent and that the event was just an unfortunate accident. As a jury, we reviewed the defenses owl theory, their take on the peterson’s financial situation, and their explanation of a possible burglary occurring in the home during the time of the incident. We found the evidence to be very compelling, effective, and notable in its defense of Michael Peterson. Going forward, we will try to use the information obtained to prove his innocence in the court of
Statement of Victim: Rush states that he knows the suspect (Lowe) from a year, so he borrowed $20 from him last month and paid him back last week, but today suspect confront him to pay his money back, for this reason they had an argument. Rush also told suspect has been drinking and smelled of cheap wine. So suspect started hitting to him on his face with both fists and he hit back furniture got knocked over. Also Suspect took out a razor from his right side jacket pocket and swung it back and forth at his face and screamed “I’m gonna cut you real good”. Rush says he backed up and tripped over a chair then fell over onto his back on the floor. Suspect stood over him and cut his face several times with razor. Suddenly, suspect heard voice yelling to stop the fight and people running down the hall, and then Suspect stated “I’ll be back and finish you off later” and then he ran down the hall. Rush also told that suspect spends his days at St. James Park (1St St. & St. John St.). And suspect first name is George but is known as “Montana” he is about 50 yrs. Old, approx. 6-0, 200, shaved head but brown
Surana parked his Mercedes in his garage, he got out and started to retrieve his wife’s walker from the trunk. At that point, an African-American man wearing dark clothing jumped out, pushed Mr. Surana down to the ground, and demanded his wallet. The assailant said “give me money, give me money,” and then ripped Mr. Surana’s wallet out of his left pants pocket, tearing the pocket in the process. Mr. Surana testified that his wallet contained his driver’s license, insurance information, $460.00 in currency, and two credit cards, one of which was an American Express card in his wife’s name, and the other, a U.S. Bank FlexPerks card in his name. After taking the wallet, the man fled towards a waiting vehicle. That vehicle subsequently left the area, driving away with his headlights off. According to the 911 call that was played for the jury, Mr. Surana reported the robbery to police at approximately 12:33 a.m. on August 13,
To begin, Ernie shows this because when he said he did not take part in the murder. He says he did not take anything during the robbery. “The police had caught him in the act. He had taken the money and the jewelry and then locked the two employees in the back room with a padlock they used on the front
In entering his plea, Strickland told Judge Robert Rinfret that he did not initially know of the others' intent to commit a robbery, but knew what had happened when he drove them away. He said he realized such is considered aiding and abetting, punishable to the same extent
Facts: A Texas bank was held up on September 21, 1964 there were two employees (witness's) in the bank. Subsequently, on April 2, 1965 Billy Joe Wade and two other suspects were arrested and charged with the Bank Robbery crime(s). An FBI lineup was arranged without notice that contained up to six prisoners and Wade. No defense counsel was present to represent Wade and he was picked out of the lineup as the bank robber. The trial found bank employees cross examined relative to the lineup. (1.)
Rob commit the crime of kidnapping and false imprisonment of Marcia and Margaret. In fact by Rob coming to the bank, displaying a weapon and ordering the teller to place money in a bag Mr. rob commit a federal crime. In where Mr. Rob could face harsher punishment. The harsher punishment the Mr. Rob could face just for robbing a bank would be twenty years in federal prison, a maximum fine of ten thousand dollars or both. However, if Mr. Rob commits a bank robbery and kills a hostage, Mr. Rob could face harsher punishment. In where Mr. Rob could face life in prison or the death sentences. Mr. Rob also committed additional crimes during the bank robbery. The crime that Mr. Rob committed was false imprisonment and kidnapping in where Mr. Rob forces
Greer’s account of what happened was that after being stabbed, he begged for his life to Mr. Casey, and Mr. Casey pulled the knife from Mr. Greer’s shoulder and put it into his neck. Mr. Greer closed his eyes and heard Mr. Casey put the knife into the toilet, claiming that he might have hallucinated this due to the drugs taken earlier. The only DNA found at the scene that was Mr. Casey was on a beer bottle, and the knife was not where Mr. Greer had said it was. About 10 months after the stabbing officers received Mr. Greer’s description of the suspect, and they selected photos of men fitting the description. When interviewed Mr. Greer was shown the photo-lineup of 12 black men, one who was Mr. Casey. Mr. Greer did not pick out any of the men from the lineup, but and after seeing surveillance footage he identified a black male leaving the building claiming it was Michael Price (the man he thought stabbed him). This man had light skin and had a head full of black hair not fitting the original description given by Mr. Greer. The video surveillance evidence shows Mr. Greer dragging himself to lobby doors, at 9:09, and the surveillance footage shows the other people from inside the apartment leaving at 9:00 and Mr. Casey leaving the building at
“Yeah,all we need is a lookout. You know to check the place out make sure ain’t no badges copping some z’s in the back. You down for it?”(Myers,150) This, while not in the trial was in the book proving that Steve at least knew about the robbery. Steve was tried specifically for felony murder not necessarily for participating in the crime, which by the Justia.com account felony murder means the one in question has to be proven inherently dangerous. While Steve wasn’t proven inherently dangerous, this doesn’t mean he wasn’t involved in the crime in question.