Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl Thomas Cole
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1972No. 71-1010PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Earl Thomas Cole (Cole), was found guilty under 18 U.S. C. §§ 2, 2113(a), and 2113(d) of willfully aiding and abetting the robbery of the Empire State Bank of Kansas, City, Missouri, and under 18 U.S.C. § 371 of conspiring to commit the same offense. We affirm the judgment of conviction as to both counts.
This case is a companion case to United States v. Kelton, 446 F.2d 669 (8th Cir. 1971). In that ease, the conviction of Hilton Jerry Kelton (Jerry), one of the alleged co-conspirators and the only one who was tried with Cole, was reversed because the…
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