United States v. Still
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
850 F.2d 607 (1988)
- Written by Rose VanHofwegen, JD
Facts
Someone saw Reginald Still (defendant) putting on a long blonde wig while sitting in a van with the motor running about 200 feet away from a bank. The witness called the police, who arrested Still shortly afterward. Still told police, “You did a good job. You arrested me five minutes before I was going to rob a bank. That’s what I was putting the wig on for.” Still said he planned to drive up to the bank’s drive-up window and put a fake bomb and a demand note on the sill. Still did not identify the bank by name, but he gave an accurate description of the building. Still announced that, even without his statements, all the evidence police needed was in the van, which Still stated was stolen. Police found a fake bomb, a bag with a demand note taped to it, a blonde wig, a police scanner tuned to the local police department, and some draft demand notes in the van. Still was convicted of attempted bank robbery and appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Brunetti, J.)
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