Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 19 views

    United States v. Joshua Ashley Tatro, 452 F.2d 1207, 2d Cir. (1972)

    Uploaded by

    Scribd Government Docs
    The document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It summarizes the conviction of Joshua Ashley Tatro for bank robbery. Tatro was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison along with his brother George Tatro and co-defendant Calvin Trudo. While the bulk of evidence was circumstantial, Tatro's admission of the robbery to a key witness provided particularly strong evidence against him. The court affirmed his conviction and the convictions of his co-defendants.

    Copyright:

    Public Domain
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd

    United States v. Joshua Ashley Tatro, 452 F.2d 1207, 2d Cir. (1972)

    Uploaded by

    Scribd Government Docs
    19 views2 pages
    The document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It summarizes the conviction of Joshua Ashley Tatro for bank robbery. Tatro was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison along with his brother George Tatro and co-defendant Calvin Trudo. While the bulk of evidence was circumstantial, Tatro's admission of the robbery to a key witness provided particularly strong evidence against him. The court affirmed his conviction and the convictions of his co-defendants.

    Original Description:

    Filed: 1972-03-27 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 452 F.2d 1207 Docket: 103

    Copyright

    © Public Domain

    Available Formats

    PDF or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It summarizes the conviction of Joshua Ashley Tatro for bank robbery. Tatro was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison along with his brother George Tatro and co-defendant Calvin Trudo. While the bulk of evidence was circumstantial, Tatro's admission of the robbery to a key witness provided particularly strong evidence against him. The court affirmed his conviction and the convictions of his co-defendants.

    Copyright:

    Public Domain
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf
    19 views2 pages

    United States v. Joshua Ashley Tatro, 452 F.2d 1207, 2d Cir. (1972)

    Uploaded by

    Scribd Government Docs
    The document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It summarizes the conviction of Joshua Ashley Tatro for bank robbery. Tatro was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison along with his brother George Tatro and co-defendant Calvin Trudo. While the bulk of evidence was circumstantial, Tatro's admission of the robbery to a key witness provided particularly strong evidence against him. The court affirmed his conviction and the convictions of his co-defendants.

    Copyright:

    Public Domain
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf
    of 2

    452 F.

    2d 1207

    UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,


    v.
    Joshua Ashley TATRO, Appellant.
    No. 103, Docket 71-1092.

    United States Court of Appeals,


    Second Circuit.
    Argued Dec. 9, 1971.
    Decided Dec. 9, 1971.
    Certiorari Denied March 27, 1972.
    See 92 S.Ct. 1301.

    William J. Knight, Burlington, Vt., for defendant-appellant.


    David A. Gibson, Asst. U. S. Atty. (George W. F. Cook, U. S. Atty., D.
    Vermont, on the brief), for appellee.
    Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:

    Appellant Joshua Tatro appeals from a judgment of conviction for bank


    robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113(d). He was tried before Chief Judge
    Bernard J. Leddy and a jury in the United States District Court for the District
    of Vermont, together with his brother George Tatro and Calvin Trudo. Joshua
    Tatro and his brother were each sentenced to 15 years imprisonment; Trudo
    received an 18 year sentence. All three defendants appealed, but Joshua Tatro's
    appeal was severed. On September 21, 1971, this court affirmed the
    convictions of George Tatro and Trudo. United States v. Trudo and Tatro, 449
    F.2d 649 (1971). Thereafter, this appeal by Joshua Tatro was heard. We affirm
    his conviction.

    The facts of this case, as well as a discussion of most of the legal issues
    presented for review, may be found in our earlier decision. To the extent that
    decision is applicable to this appeal, we adhere to it. We note, in particular, that
    although the bulk of the evidence against Joshua Tatro, like the others, was

    circumstantial, it was nonetheless clearly sufficient to sustain his conviction. In


    fact, the Government's case against this appellant was particularly strong since
    it included appellant's admission to Archambault, a key government witness,
    that appellant had robbed the bank. Appellant makes an additional argument
    based on Archambault's testimony regarding an admission by co-defendant
    Trudo and the court's limiting of the cross-examination of Archambault to his
    redacted testimony only. See 449 F.2d at 653. Appellant claims that he was
    thus cut off from asking Archambault whether Trudo implicated appellant
    when Trudo indicated who would help in the robbery. The desired answer
    would be "No." It is not clear, however, whether the court's restriction on
    mentioning co-defendants would have extended to a question focussed solely
    on the involvement of the defendant actually doing the cross-examining. In any
    event, appellant failed to ask Chief Judge Leddy whether such a question would
    be permitted.
    3

    The remaining arguments of appellant are without merit.

    Judgment affirmed.

    You might also like