United States v. Ernest James Perkins

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Perkins appeals his conviction for bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Perkins claims the district court made several erroneous evidentiary rulings and improperly instructed the jury on consciousness of guilt and change of appearance. We affirm.

I. Facts

On November 9, 1987, at approximately 12:40 p.m., a single black male approached Ms. Linda Purmont’s teller window in the Southern California Bank in Whittier. The man, who had a moustache, wore a rust-colored suit with wide lapels and bell bottom pants and carried a maroon soft-sided briefcase. He then placed a…