UNITED STATES v. THORNTON

No. 78-5357.

590 F.2d 1359 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Randolph THORNTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Frank Myers, Americus, Ga. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

D. L. Rampey, Jr., U. S. Atty., Richard Nettum, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On October 27, 1977, the Dawson Branch of the Albany First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Dawson, Georgia, was robbed at gunpoint. A jury convicted Vincent Randolph Thornton of committing the robbery. He was sentenced to serve twenty years in prison, with eligibility for parole at the determination of the Board of Parole, the sentence to run consecutively to federal sentences already being served.

An appeal was filed, and we heard oral...

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