United States v. Edward Brown

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Following a three-day trial, a jury convicted Edward Brown of attempted bank robbery pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). For this offense, the district court sentenced Brown to forty-one months in the penitentiary. Brown appeals his conviction and claims ■ that the district court admitted certain expert testimony prohibited by the Federal Rules of Evidence. We affirm.

On Friday, March 6, 1992, Edward Brown entered the Steel City National Bank, in Chicago, Illinois, and handed a teller a note that said:

Put money in bag.

No red money.

Have gun.

No button or switch.

When the teller…