UNITED STATES v. COLE

Nos. 20697, 71-1026 and 71-1036.

449 F.2d 194 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Earl Thomas COLE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mitchell Calvin McHENRY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Samuel WOODARD, Jr. (a/k/a Joe Siefus), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. Simon, Kansas City, Mo., for Earl Thomas Cole.

Hubert L. Rowlands, Kansas City, Mo., for Mitchell Calvin McHenry.

William C. Hopkins, II, Kansas City, Mo., for Samuel Woodard, Jr.

Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Anthony P. Nugent, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by three defendants, Edward Thomas Cole, Mitchell C. McHenry and Samuel Woodard, Jr., from convictions of aiding and abetting others in the robbery of the Community State Bank of Kansas City, Missouri. The defendants raise several contentions of error, none of which we find to be meritorious. We affirm the judgments of conviction.

The bank robbery took place on July 3, 1970. It was carried out by two armed robbers who...

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