United States v. Cooper, 72-1350 Summary Calendar.
Citation | 462 F.2d 1343 |
Decision Date | 25 July 1972 |
Docket Number | No. 72-1350 Summary Calendar.,72-1350 Summary Calendar. |
Parties | UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel Rea COOPER, III, Defendant-Appellant. |
Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) |
Barry R. Nager, Orlando, Fla. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.
John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Alan C. Todd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.
Appellant Samuel Rea Cooper, III, was convicted by a jury for the offense of unlawfully taking by force and intimidation money belonging to the College Park First National Bank of Orlando, Florida, the deposits of which were then insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and in committing said acts, assaulting and putting in jeopardy the life of Susan Smith by use of a dangerous weapon, a bomb, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(d).1 The district court sentenced Cooper to an eighteen year term.
Appellant's first point is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for acquittal on grounds that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of the offense. We have carefully reviewed the record, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942), and have found unquestionably that there was sufficient evidence upon which the jury could convict appellant Cooper.
Appellant's second point of error is that the district court erred in its instructions to the jury on the elements necessary to convict Cooper on counts 1 and 2 of the indictment. The court's charge on the essential elements of count 2 was as follows:
Then the court later instructed on the term "assault":2 Appellant contends that there is no mention in the charge that a deadly weapon is a necessary element to the obtaining of a conviction under count 2 of the indictment. Testimony at the trial indicated that a bomb used in the robbery was really a simulated one incapable of deadly destruction. Section 2113(d) provides:
"(d) Whoever, in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both."
The question raised herein has created disagreement among various circuits. The Sixth Circuit, in United States v. Beasley, 438 F.2d 1279 (6th Cir., 1971), holds that in the statute the words "assaults any person" and "puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device" should be construed...
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