UNITED STATES v. HIGGANS

No. 73-2006.

507 F.2d 808 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl Albert HIGGANS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1974.

As Amended December 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Walrath, James M. Shellow, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Mulligan, U. S. Atty., and David B. Bukey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Carl Albert Higgans (appellant) appeals his jury conviction and sentence of eight years imprisonment for bank robbery.

We affirm the conviction and the sentence.

On October 31, 1972, at about 11:00 A.M., three armed black men robbed the University National Bank (the bank) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of more than $15,000.

The tallest robber, between 6' and 6'5" tall, gave the orders. A second robber, about 5'9", collected money from...

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