United States v. Alphonse Kanton

On May 8,1958, defendant Kanton was indicted on two counts charging violation of Title 18 U.S.C., § 2113. The Government elected to proceed on count 1 which charged that defendant and two others had put in jeopardy the life of an employee of the federally-insured Riverside Savings & Loan Association by the use of firearms, and had robbed that institution of $1,716.50. Kanton was tried separately and was convicted. On appeal to this Court, the conviction was affirmed in United States of America v. Kanton, 7 Cir., 264 F.2d 588 (1959).

Prior to his trial in the District Court, Kanton had been…