United States v. Robert Edward Field

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Field was convicted of armed bank robbery pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d). On appeal he claims that certain eye witness evidence admitted by the district court violated his right to due process of law, and that certain rulings by the district court were erroneous. We agree with Field’s due process claim and reverse the conviction.

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On the morning of March 6, 1979, two men robbed a Barclay’s Bank located in Woodland Hills, California. During the robbery, which lasted one and one-half to two minutes, the shorter of the two robbers brandished a pistol and took money…