U.S. v. BOWMAN

No. 99-30120.

215 F.3d 951 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray Lewis BOWMAN, a.k.a. Charles Clark, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Camiel, Mair, Camiel & Kovach, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

Katrina C. Pflaumer, United States Attorney, and Arlen Storm, Assistant United States Attorney, Tacoma, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: LEAVY, RYMER, and T. G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge:

One of the most successful partnerships in the nation's history began more than a quarter of a century ago in Kansas City, Missouri and ended in 1997 with the arrests of Ray Lewis Bowman and William Arthur Kirkpatrick. They were known as the "Trench Coat Robbers." Their last hit, at Seafirst Bank in Lakewood, Washington, netted a record $4.4 million.

Both expert locksmiths, they would enter banks just before or just after business hours...

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