United States v. Linwood L. Alston

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted, by a jury, of two counts of armed robbery 1 and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of two to six years on each count. The charges stemmed from the 1972 robbery of a George Washington University parking lot, and its two attendants, by two men. The Government’s case against appellant 2 consisted only of the victims’ identifications of him as being the shorter, gun-wielding assailant. 3 Appellant’s defense was alibi— his claim, corroborated by his witness, was that on the evening of the robbery he was watching television with his girl…