United States v. James Kress

This is an appeal from a conviction of armed bank robbery. Appellant urges four errors — (1) the lack of a speeedy trial, (2) the lack of jurisdiction in the government to file a second indictment (similar to the first), (3) prejudicial error because the defendant appeared before the jury with handcuffs on, and (4) the insufficiency of the evidence. None of the alleged errors entitled appellant to have his conviction by a jury reversed, and we affirm:

We shortly state the reasons: the delay in the trial was largely due to appellant’s absence from the Central District of California, due to his…