UNITED STATES v. GROOMS

No. 17421.

454 F.2d 1308 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George James GROOMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Modified March 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Hilliard, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., J. M. Fitzsimmons, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee; William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel, assisted by Don Greco, Northwestern University School of Law.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KILEY and PELL, Circuit Judges..


SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

On June 5, 1968 two men at gunpoint robbed the First National Bank of Grand Ridge, Illinois. Norman Bayer and Allen Figge were charged with the commission of the crime under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Defendant-appellant, James Grooms, was charged under the same statute with aiding the robbery. Upon their pleas of guilty Bayer and Figge received seven and ten year prison sentences respectively. After...

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