Legal Opinion
United States v. Tommie Louis Brown, United States of America v. Virgil David Swain, United States of America v. Robert Lee Nobles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1974No. 73-2279, 73-2678, 73-2280PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENRIGHT, District Judge:
In late morning on February 6, 1973, four men robbed a Crocker National Bank in Los Angeles. Three men were brought to trial in April, 1973, for the offense: defendants Tommie Louis
Brown, Robert Lee Nobles, and Virgil David Swain. The fourth man, whose name appeared on the indictment as Jonathan Ray Nobles, was a fugitive at time of trial.
The government’s theory was that Brown jumped behind the tellers’ windows and moved down the line of cages, collecting money from the cash drawers, while the other three guarded the customers and personnel from various positions. A…
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