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UNITED STATES v. GADDIS

No. 74-1141.

424 U.S. 544 (1976)

UNITED STATES v. GADDIS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Frey argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Thornburgh, and Jerome M. Feit.

Tommy Day Wilcox, by appointment of the Court, 422 U.S. 1005, argued the cause pro hac vice and filed a brief for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

A federal grand jury in Georgia returned an eight-count indictment against the respondents Gaddis and Birt, charging them with entering a federally insured bank with intent to rob it by force and violence (Count 1) and robbing the bank by force and violence (Count 2), in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 2113 (a);1 with possessing the funds stolen in the robbery (Count 3), in violation...

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