United States v. Ralph F. Deleo

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a federal bank robbery, with indictments under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) leading to conviction after jury trial. A spirited and able defense has raised a number of issues, none of which we feel is adequate to command reversal. The facts are best marshalled in connection with each issue.

I

The first issue, raised by a motion to dismiss, is whether the indictment was fatally defective for failure to allege that the forceful and violent taking of a bank’s money, by intimidation and by putting the lives of various persons in jeopardy, had been done…