Slye v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, convicted of armed robbery 1 after a jury trial, contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to impose sanctions for the government’s failure to preserve recordings of calls made to the “911” emergency telephone number which contained a description of the robber, and in admitting testimony about his supposed poverty. We reject both contentions and affirm the conviction.

I

Gregory Collier worked the evening shift as an attendant at Daniel’s Chevron service station. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on October 3, 1986, Collier was counting…