United States v. Frank R. Coppola

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

I dissent.

There are two separate appeals before the court sitting in banc. The first appeal is from Coppola’s conviction upon the indictment arising out of the robbery of the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company on February' 15, 1956. The second is from his conviction on three counts of aiding, abetting, and counseling four defendants who robbed the Liberty Bank of Buffalo, Linwood Branch, on October 2, 1956. The indictments in both cases were filed on February 4, 1957. The Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company case in which Coppola was charged with physically…