United States v. Howard Evans Mason, Jr. And Jerry Michael Edwards

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Mason and Edwards were jointly charged in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma with entering a building used in part as a savings and loan association with intent to commit larceny therein in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The first trial resulted in a mistrial when one of the jurors became ill and was unable to continue. The second trial began a few days later, resulting in a conviction of both defendants. A sentence of ten years’ imprisonment was imposed on each defendant under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (2).

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