United States v. Robert P. McCall

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Robert P. McCall appeals from his conviction for armed robbery committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 18 U.S.C. 2111. He was convicted on January 17, 1983, after a non-jury trial in the district court, and sentenced to a single prison term of five years.

McCall raises two principal challenges to the trial proceedings: that evidence used against him was obtained in violation of the fourth amendment by an invalid search warrant and that the affidavit of an unavailable witness was admitted as evidence *1334in violation of his…