United States v. Stephanie R. Nichols

BOWMAN, Chief Judge.

Stephanie R. Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2113 (1994 & Supp. II 1996). The District Court 1 sentenced her to thirty months in prison. She appeals both her conviction and her sentence. We affirm.

I

Nichols first claims that the evidence is insufficient to sustain her conviction. The three elements that must be proved in order for a jury to find a defendant guilty of conspiracy are “an agreement to achieve some illegal purpose,” defendant’s knowledge of the agreement, and that defendant “knowingly became a part of…