United States v. Maurice Pierre Roustio

HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Maurice Pierre Roustio was charged in a one count indictment with robbing the Lincoln Trail State Bank, in Fairview Heights, Illinois, on August 26, 1969, while armed with a dangerous weapon, a gun, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) and (d). 1 Following a trial by jury on February 1, 1971, a verdict of guilty was returned. Prior to the verdict, defendant’s motions for judgment of acquittal at the close of the Government’s case and again at the close of all the evidence were denied. After denial of defendant’s subsequent motion for a new…