United States v. Joseph Quarles, United States of America v. Calvin Percy Martin

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Convicted of bank robbery, interstate transportation of a stolen car, and related offenses 1 and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, defendants Quarles and Martin appeal, assigning numerous errors.

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SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE

On February 17, 1966, a robbery occurred at the Central National Bank, Riggs Plaza Branch, in Hyattsville, Maryland. At approximately ten o’clock that morning a car drove up in front of the bank “real fast.” Two men jumped out and rushed into the bank; both wore hooded sweat shirts tied so as to cover their faces except for their noses, eyes and…