Legal Opinion
United States v. John Matthew Boston and Ernest Moore
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 12, 1974No. 1234, 1235, Dockets 74-1451, 74-1491PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANKEL, District Judge:
Appellants, John Matthew Boston and Ernest Moore, were found guilty by a jury on April 5, 1974, of robbing a federally insured bank, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and of employing deadly weapons in the commission of that robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Both received concurrent sentences of 20 years in prison. Upon the ample evidence, and for the reasons hereinafter outlined, we overrule the several grounds of appeal and affirm the convictions.
I. The Robbery
From the evidence for the prosecution in the five-day trial (no evidence being offered by defendants), the jury was entitled,…
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