United States v. Eli Crawford, United States of America v. Ernest Barrow Biard

Appellants Crawford and Biard appeal from their convictions for armed robbery of United States Postal Service employees in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114. We affirm.

The evidence indicates that at approximately 2:00 p. m. on May 17, 1977, two men entered U.S. Post Office Station A on Steiner Street in San Francisco. One of the men, later identified as appellant Crawford, approached postal clerk Elbert Hicks, pointed a gun and demanded cash and money orders. Hicks complied, handing over both currency and blank postal money orders. A postal supervisor who happened to come within Crawford’s view…