Sufficient Evidence Supported Bank Robbery Conviction
US v. Wakefield, 09-4133, 2010 WL ------, (10th Cir. 8/12/10)
Defendant convicted of aiding and abetting bank robbery appealed, claiming insufficient evidence. There was more than enough evidence to support the conviction where Wakefield (who had long hair) was on video buying a BB gun; an hour later, a bank was robbed and the robber got into a van driven by someone with long hair; an officer pulled over a van matching the description; Wakefield was driving the van and the passenger had hundred-dollar bills with fresh dye in his pocket; there was a BB gun in the van; and records from Wakefield's cell phone followed the course of action in the robbery.
Defendant convicted of aiding and abetting bank robbery appealed, claiming insufficient evidence. There was more than enough evidence to support the conviction where Wakefield (who had long hair) was on video buying a BB gun; an hour later, a bank was robbed and the robber got into a van driven by someone with long hair; an officer pulled over a van matching the description; Wakefield was driving the van and the passenger had hundred-dollar bills with fresh dye in his pocket; there was a BB gun in the van; and records from Wakefield's cell phone followed the course of action in the robbery.
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