United States v. Everett Alan Palmer

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Palmer, was convicted of bank robbery. During the trial the government placed in evidence numerous items of the defendant’s personal property, including a revolver and $763 in cash which had been seized at the time of his arrest. Defendant made a post-conviction motion for return of his property, excepting the revolver. That the court has jurisdiction was the holding of United States v. Wilson, 540 F.2d 1100 (D.C.Cir. 1976). 1

The government opposed the motion. It contended that since the property items had been received in evidence as government exhibits they…