People v. Castelli

On September 9, 1960, a woman, who is the complaining witness in this case, went into a bank in Oakland county, withdrew $6,000 in cash, had it put into a white bag, and walked out of the bank toward her automobile parked nearby. A man came up to her, told her to keep quiet, grabbed for the bag with the money in it, knocked her down, seized the bag and ran off with it.

On October 24, 1960, defendant was arrested by Detroit police on a Wayne county narcotics charge and confined in the Wayne county jail until February 28, 1961. On the latter date he was sentenced in the recorder’s court of…