     A witness using the ATM outside the bank saw two men in grey

sweat suits run out of the bank carrying a black duffel bag, enter

a parked blue car, and drive away, apparently driven by a third

man.   Policemen soon arrived and found the car abandoned, with the

motor running, at a nearby car wash.   The car was later determined

to belong to Quinton Carr (“Carr”).       Around midnight on December

22, the morning after the robbery attempt, Carr called the police

and reported the car stolen.

       The Government alleged that Joshua Burton (“Joshua”) and his

cousin, Wilton Burton (“Wilton”), actually entered the bank, and

that Carr (Joshua’s cousin and Wilton’s brother) allowed his car to


     Joshua Burton

               1.   Testimony of Wilton Burton

     Wilton Burton made a videotaped statement to the police in

which he apparently implicated the Appellants in the planning and

commission of the bank robbery.            He testified for the Government

under a grant of both state and federal immunity.                    At trial,

however, Wilton recanted his earlier statement, claiming that he

had made it only because the police were beating and kicking him.

The court allowed a portion of his videotaped statement to