United States v. Richard Beck

JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant (“appellant”) was convicted at a jury trial in district court of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1970), 1 and the bank theft statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2113(b) (1970). 2 The district judge sentenced appellant to concurrent prison terms of twenty and ten years on the Hobbs Act and bank theft convictions, respectively.

The convictions stemmed from the taking on December 29, 1972, of approximately $50,000 from the Frayser branch of the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, Tennessee. James J. Sledge, an assistant vice-president and manager…