P. v. Castillo
After a trial arising out of a bank robbery, a jury convicted defendant of conspiring to commit a robbery, two counts of unlawfully transporting a PWA AR-15 assault weapon, unlawfully taking or driving two vehicles, falsely and maliciously reporting bombs at three schools, assaulting two men with an assault weapon, kidnapping four people for robbery, and robbing five people. The assault, kidnapping, and robbery counts all involved personal use of an assault weapon. The jury acquitted defendant of kidnapping a fifth person for robbery, but convicted him of the lesser offense of felony false imprisonment.
Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction of count 2, specifically, there is no corroboration of his confession to transporting the AR-15 assault weapon that he used in the robbery from southern California to Santa Cruz. Court affirmed the judgment.
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