United States v. Frank Porter, Jr.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

Frank Porter appeals his conviction for robbing five banks. See 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). We affirm his conviction. We shall explain why by discussing briefly each of his several claims.

1. Photo identification.

The strongest evidence against Porter consisted of the testimony of six eye witnesses, who identified him, in court, as the robber. Porter argues that the court should have suppressed that testimony because it rested upon previous photo identifications that were 1) “impermissibly suggestive” and 2) created “a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification.”…