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U.S. v. WEST

No. 90-3551.

962 F.2d 1243 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter Elliot WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances C. Hulin, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Zopf (argued), Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, Champaign, Ill., Anthony Novak, Urbana, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

WILL, Senior District Judge.

Peter Elliot West was charged with holding up the First National Bank in Champaign and at trial his sole defense was going to be that he was legally insane at the time of the holdup. The video tape from the bank's surveillance camera made the possibility of any other defense difficult. In addition, the fact that he was arrested on his way home from the bank still holding his mask, his gun and the money made any other defense virtually...

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