Legal Opinion
United States v. Barry Byron Mills, Daniel James Cavanaugh, Robbin Lynn Bryan Cavanaugh, Martin Trevino Vargas, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1979No. 77-1448, 77-1449, 77-1450 and 77-1747PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
On June 8, 1976, Martin Vargas and Barry Mills entered the Mayfair Branch of Lloyd’s Bank in Fresno. Vargas threatened a bank employee with a handgun and they took over $100,000 in cash. Daniel Cavanaugh drove the “get-away car”. Robbin Bryan,1 a companion of Cavanaugh, attempted to flee to Canada with Cavanaugh thereafter.
All four parties were jointly charged and tried together by jury. Vargas, Mills and Cavanaugh each were convicted of armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). Bryan was convicted of being an accessory after the fact, 18 U.S.C. § 3. Each…
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