United States v. Clifton Leon King

Indicted with three others, Clifton Leon King thereafter pleaded not guilty: (1) to the count of conspiracy to rob Federally insured banks and to transport in interstate commerce stolen motor vehicles, 18 U.S.C. § 371; (2) to two counts of bank robbery and incidental assault with a dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (d); and (3) to a count of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. All of these offenses were put as committed in Virginia during June 1968.

Upon his jury trial, December 11, 1968, the Government offered as witnesses, among others, King’s…