United States v. Gary Don Johnson

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us as a direct criminal appeal. Appellant Gary Don Johnson was found guilty by a jury and sentenced 1 to six years imprisonment for armed robbery of a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). On appeal, Johnson raises four issues for consideration by this court. We affirm the conviction.

On January 19, 1977, at approximately 1:40 p. m. the Bank of Pocahontas in Pocahontas, Arkansas, was robbed of $14,066 by a lone gunman who had a stocking mask over his face. Mrs. Hattie Robinson, the teller from whom the money was taken,…