Appeals Court Upholds Bank Robber's Conviction

• {Cincinnati, Ohio}...A three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has upheld the conviction and 56 year prison sentence of a Kentucky man for two bank robberies in 2003. The Court of Appeals found that while police used an "unduly suggestive" photo array to identify 54 year old Richard Allen Washam as the man who robbed banks in Bowling Green and Florence, the trial court handled the matter correctly by holding a hearing on the issue. A jury found Washam guilty in 2007 of robbing a U.S. Bank in Bowling Green, then a PNC Bank in Florence a few weeks later.