![]() He left the bank in a rust or maroon Camaro with no license plate. The robber jumped over the counter and ordered the tellers to place money into his gym bag. The gun was a semi-automatic or automatic-type pistol that looked like a Glock pistol. The robber wore black clothes, gloves, sunglasses, a ski mask, and a gun and holster on a black webbed belt. In the meantime, the fourth bank robbery occurred at a First Interstate Bank on January 19, 1989. When the rust Camaro was recovered on February 13, 1989, it had a hole drilled into the plastic molding on the driver-side window that had not been there previously, and the ignition-switch area of the steering column was broken out. On December 30, 1988, a rust-colored Camaro was stolen. Again, two witnesses testified that the car used by the robber matched a photograph of the stolen grey Camaro.Īuthorities recovered the grey Camaro on November 10, 1988. The robber left the bank in a grey, silver, or black Camaro with a Colorado license plate, but the license number was different than that seen in the second bank robbery. ![]() Griffin had purchased a weapon of that type in 1988. He carried an Uzi-type gun with a shroud and a brass catcher (a basket-type attachment to catch empty shell casings). The robber wore dark clothing, gloves, a ski mask, and headphones, and he had the money put into a knapsack or gym bag. The third bank robbery occurred on Septemat a Western Bank location. Two witnesses testified that the getaway car matched a photograph of the stolen grey Camaro. The robber put the money into his gym bag and made his escape in a grey or silver Camaro with a Colorado license plate. He had a "radio-type thing" on his belt with a wire attached to a set of earphones. He wore black clothing, gloves, sunglasses, and a ski mask. ![]() The robber again jumped onto and then behind the teller counter. The second bank robbery was of a Sun Country Savings Bank on June 28, 1988. Griffin is five feet, eleven inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and is anglo. Witnesses described the robber as being five feet, ten inches to six feet tall, weighing between 150 and 180 pounds, athletic, and light-skinned. He drove away in a grey Camaro with a license plate similar to the one on the stolen Camaro. The robber jumped onto and then over the teller counter and told the tellers to put money in his gym bag. The robber wore clothing that covered his entire body, including gloves, sunglasses, and a mask, and he carried a black automatic-type pistol and a walkie-talkie or radio. The next day, an Albuquerque branch of New Mexico Federal Savings and Loan was robbed. ![]() On January 21, 1988, a grey Camaro with a National Guard license plate was stolen in Albuquerque. Griffin was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and, consecutively, to fifty years imprisonment for the enhanced burglary and robbery convictions. The armed robbery and aggravated burglary sentences were enhanced due to use of a firearm. The five armed robberies were bank holdups the aggravated burglary was an attempted car theft the felony murder occurred in the course of the attempted car theft and the tampering-with-evidence conviction involved the dismantling of a gun. Matthew James Griffin appeals his convictions of felony murder, aggravated burglary, five counts of armed robbery, and tampering with evidence. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant. *1157 Sammy Quintana, Chief Public Defender and Susan Gibbs, Asst. Matthew James GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant.
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