Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Roy Mefford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1981No. 81-1104PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Robert Roy Mefford, was convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) on November 21, 1980. The district court 1 sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment. Mefford appeals alleging that the pretrial identification of the defendant in a photo lineup was erroneously admitted at trial and that the warrantless search of a paper bag was unlawful. We affirm.
Facts
On September 16, 1980, at approximately 12:00 noon, a St. Paul, Minnesota, bank was robbed by two armed men, one white and one black. The black man stood in the middle of the lobby…
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