Legal Opinion
United States v. Royal Stafford Terry
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1985No. 84-1048PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Royal Stafford Terry was convicted of three counts of armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) & (d). He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.
There is no dispute that three separate bank robberies by a man wielding a gun occurred in 1983. The only issue at trial was whether the defendant was the robber of the three banks. The prosecution introduced surveillance photographs and presented seven eyewitnesses to the robberies (at least two per robbery) who positively identified the defendant in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Donald Gene BoothCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Charles Kent Spetz, United States of America v. Vincent Anthony Gulino, United States of America v. Max Andrew KalikCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Raymond John Wagner, Anthony Joseph Cambiano and Donald Vandergrift v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. William De PalmaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by14 opinions
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