United States v. Willie Joseph Causey, Jr.

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Willie Joseph Cau-sey, Jr., appeals his conviction for armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d)(2). The principal arguments on appeal are: (1) whether the government’s violation of Rule 12.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure mandates a new trial, (2) whether the prosecution was permitted to conduct improper impeachment and vouching of its witnesses without limiting instructions, (3) whether the prosecutorial misconduct throughout the trial denied Causey a fair trial, (4) whether the pretrial and in-court identifications…