United States v. Paul Nathaniel Hall

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial which resulted in his conviction, Paul Nathaniel Hall was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for the robbery of a federally insured savings and loan association. 1 Although Hall’s counsel has earnestly and forcefully presented this appeal, we perceive no reversible error and affirm the judgment below.

In December 1966 the office of the Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association (hereinafter “Fidelity” or “bank”), located just outside the District of Columbia in suburban Maryland, was robbed by two young males, both Negroes. One of the…