Frank Martin Wilke v. United States

Frank Martin Wilke appeals from a conviction on a charge of bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)). He urges five errors.

1. During redirect examination of its witness Nuckols, the government sought to introduce his prior written statement to corroborate his testimony on direct. The court very properly sustained Wilke’s objection and in addition admonished the jury not to attach significance to the attempt. No prejudice is apparent.

2. We decline to speculate whether, as Wilke contends, the “spirit” of the Jencks Act (18 U.S.C. § 3500) extends to the government investigator’s field notes of an…