Legal Opinion
United States v. James Edward Gaines, United States of America v. Francis Edward Martin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1977No. 77-1687, 77-1745PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants were indicted, tried and convicted in a jury trial of two robberies of a federally insured savings and loan association in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Pretrial motions to suppress, sever the trial, and to enjoin use in evidence of Martin’s prior conviction were heard and denied.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On September 7, 1976, two black men entered and robbed the State Savings and Loan Association (S&L) in Oakland, California. One of the men, later identified at trial as Gaines, held an employee at gunpoint while the other man, identified at trial as Martin,…
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