Opinion ID: 6341114
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Robbery of O’Reilly Auto Parts

Text: On November 8, 2018, Edwards and co-defendant Ke- nasha Woods robbed the O’Reilly Auto Parts in Madison, Wisconsin. Woods met Edwards, who she knew as “Moe,” through the Moorish Science Temple in Madison. The night of the O’Reilly Auto Parts robbery Edwards oﬀered Woods a ride home after service at the Temple. Edwards and Woods smoked marijuana as they drove. At some point, Edwards pulled a handgun on Woods and ordered her to help him with a robbery. Armed with handguns, they robbed O’Reilly Auto Parts and left the scene in the Outlander. Law enforcement responded to the robbery and located the Outlander using the GPS tracking device. Edwards and Woods ﬂed, leading the oﬃcers on a high-speed chase. When the oﬃcers ﬁnally caught up to the Outlander, they discovered it crashed and empty. The oﬃcers located Woods nearby and brought her to the police station for questioning. Edwards was nowhere to be found. At the station, oﬃcers escorted Woods into an interview room, where Detective Johnson of the Madison Police 4 No. 20-3297 Department questioned her. Woods initially told a fabricated story. Detective Johnson then opened a binder on the table and momentarily displayed Edwards’s booking photo from a previous arrest. Woods saw the photo, but neither Woods nor Detective Johnson mentioned it. Detective Johnson proceeded to explain everything law enforcement knew about “Moe” and the O’Reilly Auto Parts robbery. Woods then positively identiﬁed “Moe” as the man in the booking photo and claimed she could pick “Moe” out of a crowd. Detective Johnson showed her Edwards’s booking photo. Woods conﬁrmed it was Edwards and noted that Edwards had hair in the photo, but he was now bald. The government obtained a warrant for Edwards’s arrest on November 13, 2018, and on November 28, 2018, a grand jury indicted him.