UNITED STATES v. PLANTE

Nos. 72-1133, 72-1145.

472 F.2d 829 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard PLANTE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bruce TRANT, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1973.

Certiorari Denied April 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Mortensen, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Richard Plante, appellant.

David H. Lamson, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Hamilton & Lamson, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Bruce Trant, appellant.

Richard E. Bachman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., and George V. Higgins, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on briefs, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 23, 1973. See 93 S.Ct. 1932.

ALDRICH, Senior Judge.

These are appeals from convictions for armed bank robbery committed on October 13, 1971. Briefly, the facts are these. The robber who stood at the teller's window holding a pistol was inescapably identified by virtue of a hidden camera. This man, Delvental, pleaded guilty to the robbery, and to a repeat performance at the same bank three weeks later. He was sentenced shortly before...

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