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U.S. v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 95-1719, 95-1760.

85 F.3d 743 (1996)

UNITED STATES OF America, Appellee, v. Dennis SULLIVAN, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas PLATT, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith H. Mizner, Newburyport, MA, for appellant Dennis Sullivan.

Perry O'Brian, Bangor, ME, for appellant Thomas Platt.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, STAHL and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

An armed robbery of the Country Hospitality Inn in Bangor, Maine in 1994 that netted the robbers approximately $520 was prosecuted federally. Defendant Dennis Sullivan was sentenced for the crime to spend almost the next thirty years of his life in prison. Defendant Thomas Platt was sentenced to more than thirty years. They appeal, ably arguing that the prosecutor was overly zealous, the evidence insufficient and the instructions deficient. While...

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