United States v. Samuel Rea Cooper, III

Samuel Rea Cooper, III, was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C., § 2113(a), having been found guilty of robbing the First Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Jacksonville, Florida, the deposits of which were then insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The government’s evidence in this case consisted of eye-witness testimony and the testimony of an accomplice. Appellant was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years. We affirm the conviction.

On October 13, 1971, Mrs. Mary M. Brengel was conducting her usual business as a teller at the drive-in window facilities of the First Guaranty…