Legal Opinion

United States v. Amos Seastrunk, A/K/A Jerry Armstrong

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 21, 1978No. 77-5798PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Per curiam

On June 3, 1977 at approximately 5:30 p. m., defendant robbed the Commercial Bank of Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida. He did so by handing a teller a note and by opening his shirt to display a gun sticking from his belt. The teller set off the silent alarm but other bank employees thought it was a false alarm. She finally gave defendant seven one-hundred-dollar bills, two fifties and five twenties. He was arrested a short time later in a lounge by a police officer who recognized him based on a radio description. At the time of his arrest defendant had seven one-hundred-dollar bills, two…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. James CobbCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  2. United States v. Guy D. SonderupCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. United States v. Vadaain David DixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  5. O'BRIEN v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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