United States v. Robert Francis Foster

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (b) and (d) pursuant to a three-count indictment charging defendant with the robbery by force, violence and intimidation of the First National Bank of Wood River, Illinois. The issues raised by defendant-appellant on this appeal are whether it was reversible error for the trial court to (1) deny defendant’s request for a preliminary hearing pursuant to Rule 5(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, (2) deny certain other requests of defendant made before trial, and (3) fail to provide defendant with…