United States v. Clora Ann Patterson

Clora Ann Patterson stands convicted of attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the admission of a .22 caliber revolver and Patterson’s beige vinyl jacket violated the appellant’s fourth amendment rights. We find that the revolver and jacket were properly admitted and affirm the conviction.

On September 27, 1976, a black female entered the Roosevelt Federal Savings and Loan Association in Jennings, Missouri and, at gun point, presented the teller with a paper bag and note which read: “This is a stick-up. Put the money in the bag.…