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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 74-1030.

502 F.2d 1373 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Russell JOHNSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy F. Kelly, Hammond, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. was found guilty by a jury of robbing a United States post office and of placing the life of a mail custodian in jeopardy by use of a dangerous weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114.1 Johnson was given the statutorily mandated sentence of 25 years' imprisonment.

The evidence indicated that on July 10, 1973, the Brunswick Postal Service in Gary, Indiana, was robbed of...

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