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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Nos. 77-2000 and 77-2052.

563 F.2d 1361 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Albert SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, v. Roderick Ashley SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Hellerstein, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., Leonard D. Weiler, of Weiler & Shapiro, Oakland, Cal., argued for defendants-appellants.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, D., District Judge.

DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Appellants were convicted of robbing an Oakland California Post Office on December 15, 1976. 18 U.S.C. § 2114. Roderick Smith complains that there was insufficient evidence to justify his conviction, and that an expert in the field of psychology should have been permitted to testify as to certain scientific principles of perception and memory, as they pertain to eyewitness identification. Henry Smith joins in urging these two...

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