Legal Opinion
United States v. Percy Dailey, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1975No. 75-1213PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This is a direct appeal from Percy Dailey Junior’s conviction for attempted bank robbery with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). We find the cumulative effects of an impermissibly suggestive pretrial photographic display and improper final argument of government counsel deprived Dailey of a fair trial, and reverse.
Shortly before 9.a.m. on January 28, 1975, in Pine Lawn, Missouri, Mr. Lindewerth, an officer of the Pine Lawn Bank and Trust Company, was transferring cash, checks and food stamps from the bank’s drive-in facility to the main bank…
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