United States v. Lloyd Wright, United States of America v. Marcus Franklin, United States of America v. Leonard Cross

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Lloyd Wright, Marcus Franklin, and Leonard Cross were jointly indicted, tried, and found guilty of robbing the Charter Bank of Jennings, Missouri, and of assaulting and putting in jeopardy the lives of three employees of the bank by means and use of a dangerous weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)-(b). 1 Appellants are individually represented in this court by the same counsel who represented them at trial. They do not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, and, as is true in numerous criminal appeals, they make no pretense that they are innocent.…