United States v. Lewis Arnold McCoy

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Lewis Arnold McCoy appeals his jury conviction for bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). McCoy argues, among other things, that his defense was unfairly prejudiced by the admission into evidence of photographs taken at a lineup. While we believe that the district court improperly overruled McCoy’s objection, we hold that this error was harmless. Therefore, we affirm.

On April 2, 1987, McCoy was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of bank robbery. The first count charged McCoy with the armed robbery of a bank in Middletown, Ohio on…