Legal Opinion

United States v. Eldson McGhee Amelia Kendricks and Robert Lee Bunner

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 11, 1974No. 73-1273PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Bunner, Kendricks, and McGhee were convicted on three counts of aiding and abetting the commission of a'bánk robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2113, and one count of conspiracy, id. § 371. Each received life for bank robbery 1 and five years for conspiracy, sentences to run consecutively. All claim that the bank robbery counts, Counts I — III, were fatally defective because of the omission of an essential element of the crime — a taking “from the person or presence of another” within the terms of 18.U.S.C. § 2113(a). Although we agree with defendants as to Count I, 2 we hold…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. KillebrewCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  2. Eldson McGhee v. Jack Hanberry, Warden, Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1979
  3. United States v. Alessandrello, Gaetano, in No. 79-2654. Appeal of Lacognata, Salvatore, in No. 79-2699Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  4. Charles Branch v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Andrew Carmen MenichinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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