Legal Opinion
United States v. Atkins
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 8, 1977No. 76-2374-76PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
Richard Atkins, Samuel Mason, and Donald Morello, Jr., were convicted of conspiracy and of robbing four New Jersey banks in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. After jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sentence was imposed. This appeal, alleging numerous trial errors, followed. Because we find reversible error in the exclusion of a hearsay third-party confession to one of the robberies, we order a new trial limited to Counts I, VI, VII, and VIII. In addition, we direct the district court to correct the sentences, in…
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