United States v. Lawrence Lipowitz, Robert William Muller, Richard Smith, Richard Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

Smith appeals from judgments of conviction on a three count indictment charging violations of federal bank robbery statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (b) and (d). Smith, Lipowitz and Muller were charged with robbery of the Ivy Hill office of the United States Savings Bank at Newark, New Jersey on March 28, 1967, and were tried together. The Bank was insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Smith has alleged abridgement of his constitutional rights by the admission into evidence of “bait bills” seized in a search of an automobile in which he…