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UNITED STATES v. ALLEN

Nos. 77-3619, 77-3541 and 77-3540.

579 F.2d 531 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Clifford ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph ALLEN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vera MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Butler, Seattle, Wash., Edward S. Winskill, of Davies, Pearson, Anderson, Seinfeld, Gadbow, Hayes & Johnson, Tacoma, Wash., William J. Bender, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Christine McKenna, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and SKOPIL, District Judge.

SKOPIL, District Judge:

Appellants were convicted of armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. The defendants make two arguments on appeal. The first is that the court erred in admitting the prior consistent statement of a witness. The second argument is that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the testimony of an admitted perjurer should be distrusted. We affirm.

I. Prior Consistent Statement

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