United States v. Reginald Jerome Shye

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from the granting, in part, of defendants’ pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized by law enforcement officers in the course of defendants’ apprehension.

The hearing on the motion established the following facts. On January 18, 1972, a branch of the Nashville City Bank and Trust Company was robbed shortly after noon. Bank employees described the robbers as four Negro males, one short, one tall, and two about six feet in height. Some of the robbers wore leather-like long coats, one of which was lavender; the short…