UNITED STATES v. LANDERS

No. 77-5719.

576 F.2d 94 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Austin LANDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Euel A. Screws, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Charles R. Niven, Asst. U. S. Atty., Barry E. Teague, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Defendant was convicted of embezzlement from a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 656. Because the evidence was not sufficient to support the conviction we reverse and order that judgment of acquittal be entered.

For many years Henry Austin Landers was a small town banker. At...

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