U.S. v. SKARDA

No. 87-5288.

845 F.2d 1508 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Stuart Kenton SKARDA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Sortland, Fargo, N.D., for appellant.

Dennis D. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fargo, N.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Stuart Kenton Skarda appeals his convictions on counts of bank robbery, assault, hostage taking, and possession of a firearm by a felon, all in connection with the February 1987 robbery of the Drayton State Bank in Drayton, North Dakota. We affirm.

I.

The story of the Drayton bank robbery begins in January 1987. For most of that month, Skarda had been driving around the Midwest with two companions, Cynthia Ehrlich and her boyfriend...

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