John Daniel Carr v. United States

Appellant was charged with four armed robberies of Savings and Loan Associations insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation ( 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a)). There were four counts:

I, on January 22, 1960, at American Savings and Loan Association, Whittier, California;

II, on November 1, 1960, at American Savings and Loan Association, Whittier, California;

III, on September 15, 1961, at Home Savings and Loan Association, Buena Park, California; and

IV, on October 6, 1961, at Continental Savings and Loan Association, Pico Rivera, California.

Counts I, II and III were tried on appellant’s first trial, and Count IV at a second and separate trial.

Appellant was convicted on four counts, and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on Counts I and II, to be served concurrently, and ten years on Counts III and IV, to be served concurrently with each other and consecutively to Counts I and II.

Jurisdiction below rested on Section 3231, Title 18 United States Code, and on appeal on Section 1291, Title 28 United States Code.

Appellant urges four errors:

First: Error in admission of evidence as to his association with one Thompson, “an alleged conspirator.”

Second: Error…