A. C. Coleman, Jr., and James Dillard Johnson v. United States

The defendants have appealed from judgments of conviction upon verdicts finding them guilty of bank robbery. 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). Finding no error, we affirm.

The record contains substantial evidence that warrants the jury’s decision. It is not the province of an appellate court to weigh the evidence and determine the credibility of witnesses. And the trial judge did not err in instructing the jury to draw' no adverse inference against defendants because of their failure to testify. To the contrary, his charge constituted a faithful compliance with the “implied direction” given district judges…