United States v. Richard Michael Sullivan

Richard Michael Sullivan appeals from a jury verdict of guilty on a two-count indictment charging violations of 18 U. S.C.A. § 2113(a) and (e). We affirm.

Sullivan first contends that repeated displays of picture spreads to eyewitnesses of the crime were imper-missibly suggestive and gave rise to a substantial likelihood of irreparable mis-identification, contrary to the standards laid down in Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1968), because upon the initial display, some of the witnesses either identified someone else or no one at all. The trouble for this…