UNITED STATES v. BREVARD

No. 83-5231.

739 F.2d 180 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Godfrey BREVARD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Ullrich, Alexandria, Va., for appellant.

Thomas M. Buchanan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Godfrey Brevard appeals from a judgment convicting him of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d). Because of a government witness's repeated references to a polygraph examination of Brevard, we reverse.

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The robbery took place at approximately 9:35 a.m. on May 11, 1983, when four men entered a bank in Alexandria, Virginia. Two of the men acted as lookouts, while the other two took money from...

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