UNITED STATES v. HICKEY

Nos. 78-1070, 78-1071.

596 F.2d 1082 (1979)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Robert Anthony HICKEY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. William Lloyd FERREIRA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hans R. Hailey, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for Robert Anthony Hickey, defendant, appellant.

Harry C. Mezer, Boston, Mass., with whom John Wall, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, and Cullen & Wall, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for William Lloyd Ferreira, defendant, appellant.

Robert B. Collings, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Hickey, Ferreira, and one Lynch were convicted by a jury of participating in an armed robbery of the Hancock Bank & Trust Company of Braintree, Massachusetts, on February 4, 1977. See 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Hickey and Ferreira brought these appeals, although—with one exception—on different grounds. We find no merit in Hickey's appeal and affirm his conviction. As to Ferreira, we find that an error was made...

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