United States v. John Drew McElrath

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

These are direct appeals from convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (1964) and 18 U.S.C. § 2312 (1964) by robbing a federally insured bank and transporting a stolen car across, a state line. Appellant received consecutive sentences of 15 years and 4 years after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Southern Division.

Subsequent to trial and sentence, appellant’s then court-appointed counsel filed a motion for new trial claiming prejudicial error in the admission of testimony from a woman as to whom…