Milus Hardwick v. United States

Appellant was charged with escape and attempted escape from the custody of the Attorney General of the United States and his authorized representative, the Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, California, ( 18 U.S.C. § 751 ) after conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of a violation of Title 18, § 2113(a), United States Code (bank robbery). Appellant was convicted by a jury, and sentenced to eighteen months. This appeal proceeded in forma pauperis, with appointed counsel. This court thanks Mr. Sandler, counsel for appellant, for his vigorous representation of his client’s rights, both in the trial court and on appeal.

The notice of appeal raises two points on which appellant intended to rely — (1) insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment, and (2) errors of law committed by the trial court.

Appellant, both in his briefs and at oral argument, failed to further urge the insufficiency of the evidence, except insofar as becomes insufficient if certain alleged errors in the introduction of evidence render it such,

Appellant’s principal error urged in the admission of evidence relates to Government’s…