United States v. Paul Richard Manko

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Paul Richard Manko challenges his conviction for robbery of a federally insured financial institution, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). For reversal, Manko contends (1) that the district court erred in refusing to suppress certain in-court and out-of-court identifications; (2) that he was denied effective assistance of counsel; and (3) that insufficient evidence was introduced to support the conviction. We affirm.

The circumstances from which this case arose are briefly as follows. On October 29, 1981 a lone white male robbed a Minneapolis bank. As the…