United States v. Gene Arlyn Williams, United States of America v. Robert Brice Elliott, Sr.

These appellants were tried together by a jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. They were found guilty of the first five counts of a seven count indictment charging them with embezzling, abstracting and purloining the moneys, funds and credits of a federally insured bank, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 656 and 2. 1 Count six was dismissed during trial and the jury found them not guilty as to count seven. They allege that various errors were committed during the course of their trial and seek reversal of their convictions and an acquittal or,…