UNITED STATES v. BUTCHER

No. 76-3439.

557 F.2d 666 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Thomas BUTCHER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danilo J. Becerra, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Leonard Sharenow, John D. Vandevlede, Earl E. Boyd, Asst. U.S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BARNES, WALLACE and SNEED, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge:

Butcher appeals his conviction by a jury on a one-count bank robbery charge (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)). He raises two issues:

I. Did the trial court err in permitting law enforcement officers to testify, solely on the basis of prior contacts and conversations with the defendant, that in their opinion the defendant was the person depicted in bank surveillance photographs? II. Did the trial court err in refusing to give...

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