WALKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-1491.

490 F.2d 683 (1974)

Joseph Daniel WALKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Gallman, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellant.

James A. Gutensohn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and STUART, District Judge.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Daniel Walker appeals from a jury verdict in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, convicting him of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Because the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a pistol — found on the defendant at the time of his arrest but demonstrably unconnected with the crime — we must reverse and remand for a new trial.

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