SYKES v. UNITED STATES

No. 23571.

373 F.2d 607 (1966)

Robert Henry SYKES and Haydon David Jones, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1966.

Certiorari Denied March 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Glazer, Miami Beach, Fla., for Sykes.

Thomas B. Duff, Miami, Fla., for Jones.

James O. Murphy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before BROWN, GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 20, 1967. See 87 S.Ct. 1172.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Robert Henry Sykes and Haydon David Jones were convicted by a jury of forcibly breaking into the Key Largo, Florida post office, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2115. Both appellants received sentences of five years. Trial was completed on October 25, 1966, and the appellants were sentenced on that date.

Both appellants seek reversal, first, because the evidence...

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