United States v. James Edward Smith

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant James Edward Smith was convicted of two counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and was sentenced to two 41-month terms of imprisonment, to run concurrently. On appeal, appellant contends that there was insufficient .evidence to support the intimidation element of his robbery conviction, and that evidence of other robberies in the area was improperly admitted. We affirm.

The testimony at trial showed that on April 27,1991) appellant entered a Norwest Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and told bank teller Derrick Wood that he wanted to make…