Legal Opinion
United States v. William Jones, Jesse Owens, and Leonard Tolliver
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1991No. 90-3498, 90-3541 and 90-3602PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case consolidates the appeals of defendants Jesse Owens, Williams Jones and Leonard Tolliver. Owens and Jones were tried together, and the jury convicted both Owens and Jones of conspiring to commit bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a), (d) (West 1978 & Supp.1990). The jury additionally convicted Owens of soliciting Tolliver to help commit the robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 373 (West Supp.1990). Tolliver did not go to trial. He pleaded guilty to soliciting Jones to help commit bank robbery. The judge sentenced Owens to 200 months…
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