UNITED STATES v. TUCKER

No. 70-86.

404 U.S. 443 (1972)

UNITED STATES v. TUCKER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1972


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Tuttle argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Richard B. Stone, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Mervyn Hamburg.

William A. Reppy, Jr., by appointment of the Court, post, p. 935, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was William A. Norris, by appointment of the Court, 403 U.S. 930.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1953 the respondent, Forrest S. Tucker, was brought to trial in a federal district court in California upon a charge of armed bank robbery. He pleaded not guilty. Four female employees of the bank were called as witnesses for the prosecution, and they identified the respondent as the robber. He testified in his own behalf, denying participation in the robbery and...

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