UNITED STATES v. ESKRIDGE

Nos. 71-2403, 71-2404.

456 F.2d 1202 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Merrill Dean ESKRIDGE and Harold Earl Spencer, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Bruce (argued), Tacoma, Wash., for appellant Eskridge.

Charles L. Senn (argued) of Senn & Treadwell, Seattle, Wash., for appellant Spencer.

John S. Obenour, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.

Before MERRILL, KOELSCH and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in No. 71-2403 April 17, 1972.

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants were indicted, tried by a jury and convicted of the crime of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). From the judgments of conviction and sentences of fifteen years each, they appeal. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

About 4:00 P.M. on August 21, 1970, a person armed with a gun similar to an Army .45 automatic entered the North Pacific Bank...

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