United States v. Bruce Thomas Thomann

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant was convicted after a jury trial of bank burglary and theft under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (b). On this appeal, he raises the following issues, which we discuss seriatim;

1. whether the district court erred in ordering defendant’s wife to submit to fingerprinting and in denying his motion for a new trial;

2. whether the district court erred in not ordering severance of the codefendants;

3. whether the district court erred in its charge to the jury; and

4. whether the defendant was deprived of his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel.

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