Darrell Lee Lomax
Facts of the Crime:
Angela Toler, an accomplice in the robbery-murder case, testified against Lomax. She told the jury that on August 29, 1994, she went to the apartment of her friend and neighbor Ihesia Sullivan. Sullivan was there with Lomax, whom Toler knew as Malik Hasan. In the afternoon, Lomax asked Toler to “hook him up with a lick,” which meant to show him a place he could rob. Around 10:30 or 11:00 p.m., Toler and Lomax left in a rented Ford Taurus. Sullivan stayed home with her children. Toler had smoked phencyclidine (PCP) about six hours earlier. She testified that she was no longer under the influence of the drug when she and Lomax looked for a place to rob.
Toler and Lomax drove to a liquor store but left because it was too crowded. They drove next to the P & B Market on Fourth and Cherry Streets, parked around the corner, and walked into the store. Both were armed with semiautomatic handguns. Toler‟s was chrome plated and pink handled; Lomax‟s was black. They entered the store and announced, “[this is] a robbery.” Lomax stood across the counter from the clerk, Nasser Akbar. Akbar handed money to both Lomax and Toler. When another employee emerged from the back of the store, Toler pointed her gun at him.
Akbar did not speak, reach for anything, or make any threatening gestures during this exchange. Nevertheless, after the money changed hands, Lomax shot Akbar twice. As Akbar lay on the floor, Lomax reached over the counter and shot him twice more. Lomax then shot the store's security camera. Toler testified that she did not fire her weapon during the incident. A total of $68 was stolen.
Lomax was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on October 16, 1996.
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