UNITED STATES v. VITA

No. 277, Docket 26546.

294 F.2d 524 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Philip VITA and Jerald Carmel, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Catterson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Daniel H. Greenberg, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Philip Vita.

Solon B. Hanft, Brooklyn, for appellant Jerald Carmel.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, MAGRUDER and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

Philip Vita and Jerald Carmel appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the Eastern District of New York after the defendants were found guilty by a jury on all three counts of an indictment which charged them with (1) robbing a national bank, (2) putting in jeopardy the lives of persons by the use of a dangerous weapon while committing the robbery, and (3) conspiring to commit the robbery. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113, 371. The district...

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