UNITED STATES v. ROBINSON

No. 73-1914.

502 F.2d 894 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ora Ray ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Tyson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U.S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, Asst. U.S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KILEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

Defendant, convicted of robbing a bank while armed with a sawed-off shotgun, has appealed on the sole ground that his trial attorney was incompetent, depriving him of his right to effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

The fact that defendant was convicted on all three counts of the indictment offers no support for any inference of incompetence. The prosecution's case was strong. Two...

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