UNITED STATES v. NOOKS

No. 29334.

446 F.2d 1283 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lavon NOOKS, Sinclair Hughes and John Henry Brown, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1971.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Yates, III, Savannah, Ga. court appointed, for Hughes.

Thomas F. Walsh, Savannah, Ga., court appointed, for Nooks.

J. Ralph Beaird, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, Ga., court appointed, for Brown.

John Henry Brown, pro se.

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., Richard C. Chadwick, Asst. U. S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 7, 1971.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Nooks, Hughes and Brown were jointly indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of bank robbery in violation of Section 2113(a) (d), Title 18, United States Code.1 The court imposed sentences of imprisonment of twenty (20) years on Nooks and Hughes, and twenty-five (25) years on Brown.

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