UNITED STATES v. BLY

No. 72-1008.

464 F.2d 1235 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lacount Aaron BLY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Reed, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

William A. Kitchen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, ROSS, Circuit Judge, and URBOM, Chief District Judge.


URBOM, Chief District Judge.

In a trial to the court without a jury the appellant, Lacount Aaron Bly, was convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and thereafter was sentenced to imprisonment for 25 years. Bly's defense was that he was insane at the time of the offense.

Two independent grounds are urged for reversal on appeal. The first is that the trial court unduly restricted the scope of cross-examination of a government witness...

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