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U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 86-5373.

819 F.2d 262 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roland Arthur EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Solomon, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Myra Reyler Lichter, Sonia O'Donnell, Charles V. Senatore, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Roland Edwards was charged with unarmed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. After a two day trial, a jury returned a verdict of guilty. Edwards appeals, claiming that the district court allowed improper psychiatric testimony. He argues that the district court erred in permitting a government witness to give opinion testimony in violation of Fed.R.Evid. 704(b).1

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