UNITED STATES v. PRENTISS

No. 30614 Summary Calendar.

446 F.2d 923 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack Graham PRENTISS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McDonald, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Court-appointed, for defendant-appellant.

C. S. White-Spunner, Jr., U. S. Atty., Irwin W. Coleman, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

After trial by jury Jack Graham Prentiss and his codefendant, Leon Hayes, were convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) and sentenced to imprisonment. In this appeal Prentiss contends that the trial judge prejudiced his chances for a fair jury verdict by asking for a numerical division of the jury; that the court erred in giving the "Allen" charge to the jury; that the court erred in applying the federal rather...

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