United States v. Willie Foster Sellers

Mr. Justice CLARK:

The appellant, Willie Foster Sellers, stands convicted by a jury on four counts of armed robbery of the Fallston branch of the Union Trust Company of Shelby, N. C., on August 9, 1973. He raises three claims of error: (1) the FBI’s search of his apartment violated his Fourth Amendment rights; (2) the failure of his attorney to subpoena several witnesses violated his Sixth Amendment rights; and (3) his conviction for both theft and possession of stolen money was improper. We discuss these issues seriatim.

I

At the trial, a variety of evidence linked appellant to the bank…