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UNITED STATES v. FORTES

Nos. 79-1124, 79-1125.

619 F.2d 108 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edwin Charles FORTES, Jr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sandra Elaine JEMISON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace W. Sherwood, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Bruce W. Carroll, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Edwin Charles Fortes, Jr.

Peter M. Lauriat, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Herrick & Smith, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Sandra Elaine Jemison.

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, Circuit Judge, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts appellants Fortes and Jemison were convicted of armed robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Each appeals on a variety of grounds. We affirm the convictions.

On March 23, 1978, two individuals robbed the Tri-Town Mall branch of the Hancock Bank and Trust Company of $3,173. Eyewitnesses testified that the two participants were wearing camouflage...

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