U.S. v. FLETCHER

No. 96-20383.

121 F.3d 187 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam Autry FLETCHER, also known as Junior; Frank Watts, Jr., also known as Poppa; Broderick Wilson, also known as Roy Arnolia Brock; James Adams Watts, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Bowen Stern, Paula Camille Offenhauser, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Bertram A. Isaacs, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, George D. Murphy, Jr., Brent Evan Newton, Houston, TX, for Sam Autry Fletcher aka Junior, Defendant-Appellant.

Roland Brice Moore, III, Houston, TX, for Frank Watts, Jr., aka Poppa, Defendant-Appellant.

Adam P. Schiffer, Demetrios Anaipakos, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Broderick Wilson aka Roy Arnolia Brock, Defendant-Appellant.

David P. Cunningham, Houston, TX, for James Adams Watts, Defendant-Appellant.

Before DUHÉ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and COBB, District Judge.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Sam Autry Fletcher, Frank Watts, Jr., Broderick Wilson, and James Adams Watts appeal their convictions for bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery. We affirm the convictions and sentences of Fletcher, Wilson, and Frank Watts. We also affirm James Watts's convictions, but we vacate his sentence for bank robbery and remand for resentencing.

BACKGROUND

On April, 26, 1995, three masked and armed assailants robbed...

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