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UNITED STATES v. BENSON

No. 72-3604.

495 F.2d 475 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fletcher R. BENSON and William P. Wright, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Azar, Montgomery, Ala. (Court-appointed), for Wright.

Fletcher R. Benson, pro se.

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We review on a consolidated joint appeal the convictions of Benson and Wright for violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2111, robbery committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.1 Two additional codefendants named in the indictment, Herman Thomas and Joyce Louise Calhoun plead guilty on the eve of trial, November 6, 1972 and testified as government witnesses in the ensuing...

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