UNITED STATES v. McQUEEN

Nos. 19567, 19568.

458 F.2d 1049 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Hilliard McQUEEN, et al., Appellant in No. 19567. Appeal of Ronald Johnson SHEFFIELD, Appellant in No. 19568.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Van Winkle, Rutherford, N. J., argued for appellant McQueen.

Dudley A. Schlosser, Hoboken, N. J., argued for appellant Sheffield.

W. Hunt Dumont, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J. (Herbert J. Stern, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge and HASTIE, Circuit Judge and HERMAN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

These appeals have been taken by two men who were convicted in a single trial of bank robbery, attended by endangering life with a firearm, in violation of sections 2113(a) and (d) of Title 18, United States Code.

The evidence showed that the Springfield Avenue branch of the Howard Savings Institution in Newark, New Jersey, was robbed shortly after 9 a.m. on September 18, 1969 by two Negroes, one of whom...

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