Roy Gene Bond v. United States

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

A jury found appellant-defendant guilty of the armed robbery of a post office. He appeals from the sentence imposed.

Defendant argues that inculpatory statements made by him were improperly received in evidence. The setting in which those statements were made must be considered.

At about 3:30 P.M., August 17, 1967, the elderly postmistress at Duke, Oklahoma, was robbed of $29.80 at gunpoint by a long-haired, bearded, young man of beatnik appearance. A description of the robber and his car was broadcast over police radios. About 6:00 P.M. on the same day a Texas…