United States v. Portouando Stubblefield, United States of America v. Debra Lynn Stokes, United States of America v. Eladio Uy Stubblefield

On January 11,1978, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging appellants Debra Lynn Stokes, Portouando Juan Stubblefield, Eladio Stubblefield and Lloyd Wayne Ransome with armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113 (a) & (d). They appeared before the district court on January 17,1978 and entered pleas of not guilty. Thereafter on February 8, 1978, Lloyd Ransome entered a plea of guilty to the charge of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). A motion to suppress evidence was filed seeking suppression of all evidence seized by the arresting officers. The court held an evidentiary hearing on the motions, denied them, and the case was tried to a jury. Debra Stokes, Portouando Stubblefield and Eladio Stubblefield were found guilty and sentenced. Each appealed and those proceedings were consolidated in this court. We affirm.

There was positive identification of the three negro males and one negro female who participated in the robbery. That identification consisted of photographs by a surveillance camera; Norma Parra, a bank teller; Gwen Baxter, a second bank teller; and the positive testimony of Lloyd Ran-some, the participant who changed his…