SAWYER v. UNITED STATES

No. 16536.

303 F.2d 392 (1962)

Elwood SAWYER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Aloysius B. McCabe, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Judah Best, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Nathan J. Paulson and Victor Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER, Circuit Judge.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc May 18, 1962.

PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery, after trial before a jury in the District Court.

On December 30, 1960, a store was held up at gunpoint, and cash was taken from the register. Almost a month later, on January 22, 1961, two young men were arrested in connection with a series of other robberies. Appellant Sawyer was named by them as a participant...

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