United States v. Benjamin E. Samaniego

BARNES, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant, Benjamin E. Sa-maniego, was charged with aiding and abetting Edwin Leo Busch, who was charged with the robbery of a National Bank while using a hand gun (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (d)). Codefendant Busch entered a plea of guilty to the lesser included offense (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)). Appellant waived a jury, and was tried and found guilty of aiding and abetting Busch in commission of the lesser included offense (18 U.S.C. § 2 and 18 U. S. C. § 2113(a)).

Appellant urges three errors on appeal —the insufficiency of the evidence to convict; the alleged bias on…