United States v. Robert Lee Hill

Robert Lee Hill appeals from a judgment of conviction of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a), bank robbery. We affirm the judgment of the Trial Court.

Following a reported bank robbery wherein the perpetrator told a bank teller that he had a gun, demanded money, and lifting his shirt displayed to the teller what appeared to be a gun, police officers, summoned by radio call, arrived in the vicinity of the bank. One of the officers arrived at a location approximately 500 feet from the bank and while examining a parked auto observed Appellant Hill walking nearby. The officer, who did not suspect the Appellant of being the robber, requested that the latter stop. The officer’s purpose was to inquire of Appellant as to whether he had seen anyone running through the area who matched the robber’s description. The officer testified that while conversing with the Appellant he noticed a large bulge at Appellant’s waistband which he suspected of being caused by a weapon. The officer raised Appellant’s shirt which was hanging outside his trousers, thus exposing his waistband and revealing four to six rolls of currency stuffed therein.

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