United States v. Trunnell Levett Price, and Arnold Lewis Coffey

OPINION

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Price and Coffey appeal from their convictions for armed robbery of a post office (18 U.S.C. § 2114). Of their many contentions on appeal, only three require discussion: (1) denial of their preindictment motions to compel recor-dation of grand jury proceedings and of their postindictment motions to disclose the content of grand jury transcripts; (2) denial of Coffey’s motion to appear pro se at trial; and (3) error in sentencing them to the “mandatory” term prescribed by 18 U.S.C. § 2114, without revealed consideration of the sentencing alternatives of the…