People v. Gilbeaux

Opinion

GRIGNON, J.

Two armed men commit a robbery in a grocery store. Present in the store at the time of the robbery are four store employees: an assistant manager, a checker, a stocker, and a warehouse clerk. Also present in the store are two janitors employed by a cleaning company but regularly assigned to the store. At gunpoint, the robbers bind the two janitors and the stocker and imprison the two janitors, the stocker, and the checker in a storage room. One of the robbers forces the assistant manager to open the safe and put the money in a bag. While the robbery is ongoing, the warehouse…