United States v. William A. Hinkle

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, convicted by a jury of armed robbery 1 2and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, 2 was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of three to fifteen years for armed robbery and of three to ten years on each count of assault with a dangerous weapon. On this appeal appellant principally attacks his identification by two victims (Arthur and Smith) as being tainted, suggestive and improper. We affirm.

I

Appellant’s first contention is that there was no independent source for an in-court identification by Mr. Arthur, the principal witness for the…