United States v. Burnell Robinson

CASTLE, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from defendant’s conviction, upon a jury verdict of guilty, of armed robbery from a postal station, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114. Defendant’s main contention on appeal is that various references during the course of the trial to identification of defendant by use of “mug shots” violated defendant’s constitutional rights and require reversal of the judgment of conviction.

The first mention of “mug shots” came during the prosecutor’s opening statement when he told the jury that the Government expected to prove that, following the robbery, the owners of the…