United States v. Robert Marlin Slater

SETH, Chief Judge.

Robert Marlin Slater was convicted at a jury trial of bank robbery by force or intimidation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). He appeals asserting several errors.

The record shows that an unmasked man entered a federally insured savings and loan building in Colorado. He walked unhesitatingly behind the counter and began to remove cash from the tellers’ drawers. He did not speak or interact with anyone, beyond telling a bank manager to “shut up” when she asked him what he was doing. The bank personnel, who had been trained to remain calm and to cooperate in such a…