Samuel E. Young v. United States

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

In count one of a four-count indictment, Young and one Francis M. Thompson were charged with an assault on Eugene A. Duvall “with intent to commit the crime of robbery.” In count two they were charged with “an assault on Eugene A. Duvall with a dangerous weapon, that is, a knife.” Counts three and four charged offenses by Thompson only and are not here material. Count one did not name or identify the person or persons intended to be robbed.

A jury trial resulted in verdicts finding each defendant guilty on counts one and two. Young was sentenced to imprisonment for from…