UNITED STATES v. WILKERSON

Nos. 71-1567-71-1569.

456 F.2d 57 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jan Alvord WILKERSON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ransom John GRAY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charles Lee BURNETTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Breazeale (Court Appointed), Chattanooga, Tenn., for Jan Alvord Wilkerson.

Thomas A. Williams (Court Appointed), Chattanooga, Tenn., for Ransom John Gray.

John R. Seymour (Court Appointed), Chattanooga, Tenn., for Charles Lee Burnette; Stophel, Caldwell & Heggie, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel.

George H. Garrett, Chattanooga, Tenn. (John L. Bowers, Jr., U.S. Atty., Jerry Foster, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS, and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal jury convictions of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2113(a) and (d), for which Burnette was sentenced to twenty years, Gray to eighteen years, and Wilkerson to fourteen years. We find no reversible error with respect to any of the contentions advanced by appellants and affirm the convictions.

At trial, overwhelming evidence of guilt was introduced. In addition to the in-court identification of Burnette...

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