U.S. v. Davis

Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury’s guilty verdicts on charge of interference with interstate commerce by robbery that stemmed from defendants’ robberies of three Walmart stores. Although one defendant, who served as getaway driver, argued that the was reasonable doubt as to his guilt, where govt. failed to present evidence that he was present in any of said Walmart stores, defendant was charged as aider and abettor, and thus his role as getaway driver was sufficient to show that he had contributed at least one act of affirmative assistance to said robberies. Record also established his guilt under 18 USC section 1951, based on allegation that he used actual or threatened force as to two robberies, where co-conspirator testified that she viewed gun pulled against her by another individual during one robbery as actual threat, and where defendant told co-conspirator that he would kill her if she told anyone about said robberies. Record also supported guilty verdicts against another defendant, where said defendant was identified as culprit by Walmart employees, and where large amounts of cash was discovered on or near defendant at time of his arrest.