Harold Jerome Atkins and William Forte v. United States

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants stand convicted on six counts of an indictment charging them with violations of the federal bank robbery laws, 18 U.S.C. § 2113, and a seventh count charging eonspiz-acy to commit offenses prohibited by § 2113 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Appellants urge reversal of their convictions on the grounds that: (1) the pz'osecution failed to present substantial independent evidence of the essential elements of the crime of conspiracy; (2) extrajudicial declarations of each appellant were erroneously admitted; and (3) there was insufficient evidence to convict…