Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit January 14, 1975, 73--1271 (United States v. Arthur B. Knight, United States of America v. Robert L. Johnson, United States of America v. Haywood T. Kirkland)

PER CURIAM:

Appellants were convicted in 1970 of several counts arising from the robbery of a mail truck. One of the principal prosecution witnesses at trial was Rice, a postal employee who had been aboard the truck as an armed guard at the time of the robbery. During the trial, defense counsel attempted to cross examine Rice and another witness regarding Rice’s possible complicity in the robbery.