United States v. Willie S. King

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, and a co-defendant, Fred D. Smith, were convicted by a jury on three counts of armed robbery and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.1 Urging defective identification procedures, appellant invokes the jurisdiction and aid of this court. Having carefully considered all the arguments made by appellant, we affirm the conviction for reasons hereinafter set forth.

In the early evening of January 4, 1969, six men,2 some of whom were armed, robbed a Safeway store in Northwest Washington. Among the witnesses to the event were Norman L. Creel, Jr., the store…