United States v. John Charles Sidman and Robert Joseph Clifford

MURPHY, District Judge:

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SIDMAN APPEAL

Sidman appeals from two judgments of conviction in the District Court for the Central District of California.

In No. 71-2682 he was convicted, after a jury trial, of armed robbery on January 6, 1970, of the United California Bank at Palm Desert, California (Count 1 of a three-count indictment) (18 U.S. C. § 2113(a) and (d)), and of robbery on May 26, 1970 of the Valley National Bank at Edgemont, California (Count 3) (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)). Carroll, Sid-man’s accomplice in the Edgemont robbery, pleaded guilty to Count 3 prior to trial. Both banks were insured…