United States v. Welton Brown

Welton Brown was convicted and sentenced for bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). He appeals the district court’s decision to admit his lineup identification after he had been ordered to dye his hair. He also assigns error to the district court’s decision that his sentence would be consecutive to any state sentence resulting from the same robbery. We affirm.

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A man, subsequently identified as the defendant Welton Brown, entered the First National Bank of Commerce in New Or leans. He handed bank teller Cynthia Raymond a note which demanded money and stated he had a gun. He also…