UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

Nos. 540-70, 541-70.

441 F.2d 1333 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel Douglass HARRIS and Melba Jean Glass, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Bill Berry, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellants.

William R. Burkett, U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and LANGLEY, District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were jointly indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of having robbed the First National Bank of Terral, Oklahoma, by force and intimidation, putting in jeopardy the life of a bank employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). The individual direct appeals have been consolidated.

Both Harris and Glass urge as their first point that the trial court erred in overruling their motion for a mistrial. The motion resulted...

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