United States v. John E. Sandles

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal consolidates two related bank-robbery cases concerning Defendant John Sandies, appearing pro se on appeal. Sandies, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was on supervised release from a previous bank-robbery conviction when he committed the robbery at issue in this case. The Government and Sandies agree that Sandies confessed to robbing a branch of Michigan National Bank in February 2000, in Dearborn, Michigan. At the trial, over which Judge George Steeh presided, the jury convicted Sandies of bank robbery, notwithstanding his assertion of an…