UNITED STATES v. DIX

No. 73-1264.

491 F.2d 225 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ellen Mae DIX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Talcott (argued), of Angus, Bothman & Talcott, Sherman Oaks, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

William D. Keller, U. S. Atty. David P. Curnow, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and TURRENTINE, District Judge.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Here we have an appeal from a judgment of conviction in federal court for stealing property that was "in the care, custody, control, management, or possession" of a national bank (18 U.S.C. § 2113(b)). The best point that the appellant, Mrs. Dix, has is that even if she did do something wrong it was not within the purview of the federal courts.

Mrs. Dix was a distant relative of A. B. Malouf, a wealthy man of advancing years who...

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