Legal Opinion
Prince v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 1957No. 132PublishedCited by 547 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
The question presented by this ease calls for interpretation of the Federal Bank Robbery Act. 18 U. S. C. § 2113. That statute creates and defines several crimes incidental to and related to thefts from banks organized or insured under federal laws. Included are bank robbery and entering a bank with intent to commit a rob bery. We must decide here whether unlawful entry and robbery are two offenses consecutively punishable in a typical bank robbery situation.
Petitioner entered the Malone State Bank, in Malone, Texas, through an open door and during regular banking hours. He asked for and…
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