UNITED STATES v. WASHINGTON

No. 76-1750.

550 F.2d 320 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard WASHINGTON and Stanley Jules Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Mulvehill, Asst. Federal Public Defender, La. (Court appointed), for Leonard Washington.

John Volz, Federal Public Defender, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, Arthur L. Harris, Sr., New Orleans, La. (Court appointed), for Stanley Johnson.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Ernest C. Chen, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON, District Judge.


JAMESON, District Judge:

Appellants, Stanley Jules Johnson and Leonard Washington, were convicted following a jury trial, on one count of armed bank robbery and assault, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2113(a), and 2113(d), and on one count of kidnapping and murder incident to bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e). Each appellant was sentenced to 99 years imprisonment. We affirm.

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