Wells v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment in four counts charging the robbery of a bank in violation of the federal statute. 48 Stat. 783, 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b. The counts charged (1) forcible robbery of a state bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under 12 U.S.C.A. § 264, by force and violence and putting in fear; (2) assault upon a person in the commission of the offense; (3) robbery of the bank by putting the life of a person in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon; and (4) entering the bank with the intention of committing robbery, a…