Legal Opinion

James Lee Argo v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 16, 1967No. 20352_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

On March 2, 1965, Argo entered a branch office of the Valley National Bank of Phoenix, Arizona, and proceeded to the window of teller Odette. After a brief wait for another customer of the bank to finish his business, Argo confronted the teller with a drawn and fully loaded revolver, shoved a paper bag at her, laid on her counter one of the bank's blank checks on which was hand printed “This is a Robbery Give 5-10 20 50 Hurry” — and said “I want everything you have.” Miss Odette complied, stuffing coins and currency in the bag. Apparently she did not hurry enough, for…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Abel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. IversonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
  2. United States v. George Nasse, Albert Tocco, Orland David, Robert David, Herman David Andjoseph IatarolaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
  3. James William Nash v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  4. United States v. Terrance Karl AldenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  5. State v. RingArizona Supreme Court · 1982

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