United States v. Robert Emerson Ezzell

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge:

Appellant appeals from his judgment of conviction, upon a jury verdict of guilty, for robbing a branch of the Tacoma Savings and Loan Association by force, violence and intimidation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).

The first issue raised is whether the Government proved that said Association was a “savings and loan association” within the intendment of the statute. Evidence had to establish that it was an “insured institution”, as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1724. See 18 U.S.C. § 2113(g). To be such an institution, the Association’s accounts must be insured…