United States v. Kenneth Kermit Hayles

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Kenneth Kermit Hayles appeals from a conviction of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C., § 2113(a) and an ensuing sentence of twenty five years imprisonment. We affirm.

This appeal was argued in New Orleans on October 1, 1973. We deferred decision pending the outcome in the Supreme Court of United States v. Matlock, _ U.S. _, 94 S.Ct. 988, 38 L.Ed.2d 242 [decided February 20, 1974, 42 LW 4252] ,

In Matlock the Supreme Court held that “the consent of one who possesses common authority over premises or effects is valid as against the absent, non-consenting person with whom that…