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U.S. v. JAMES

No. 96-10388.

139 F.3d 709 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Masala Majid JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Goodman, Joy A. Kruse, Topel & Goodman, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant.

John P. Cove, Jr., Special Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: THOMAS and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.

OPINION

SEDWICK, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

We deal with a bank robber named James. Masala Majid James comes from a family that may have found a vocation in the surname's historical association with bank robbery. But times change, and bank robbers change with the times. While in state custody on other charges, James wrote to the United States Attorney and asked for a chance to cooperate in the prosecution of his father for bank robbery....

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