JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 7711.

262 F.2d 44 (1958)

Tyrus Fields JONES and Robert Wesley Princeler, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Black, Jr., and H. B. Mutter, Baltimore, Md. (Court-appointed counsel), for appellants.

John R. Hargrove and Martin A. Ferris, Asst. U. S. Attys., Baltimore, Md. (Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The appellants were convicted by a jury and sentences of twenty-five years were imposed upon each of them under an indictment for bank robbery in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2 and 2113. Since a principal contention on this appeal is that the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain the conviction, a somewhat detailed summary is necessary.

Clarence E. Cranford, an employee of the First National Bank of Southern Maryland...

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