LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Horace Eldin Lewis from a conviction by jury on a charge of entering a federally insured bank with intent to commit bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The issues on appeal are (1) whether the court properly instructed the jury on the specific intent required to support conviction, and (2) whether Lewis was entitled to a necessity defense.
The facts in this case are quite unusual. The evidence...
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