United States v. Wayne M. Greiser, United States of America v. Roderick J. Monte, Jr.

OPINION

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

Each appellant was convicted in a jury trial of the crime of extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and of the crime of aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2.

FACTS

On May 12, 1972, at approximately 4:00 P.M., Armour Black, manager of a branch office of a national bank in Phoenix, received a telephone call from an unidentified caller, in which Black was told that “ . . . this is a holdup . . . .’’He was then told that his wife was being held as a hostage, and that if he did what the caller indicated, nothing would happen to her. He was then…