United States v. Jessie Conrad Jennings

Appellant Jessie Conrad Jennings was arrested and indicted on the charge of bank robbery by use of a dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). The robbery with which he was charged took place at the First National Bank in Chesterhill, Ohio. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on December 4, 1974.

Jennings basis for this appeal is that the in court identification of him as a participant in the robbery by several eyewitnesses was tainted by the impermissible and unduly suggestive employment of photographs displayed to the witnesses shortly after the robbery occurred.…