United States v. John Richard Sykes, John Brenton Preston, and Kenneth Ray Strunk

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr. Chief Judge.

The appellants, John Richard Sykes,' John Brenton Preston and Kenneth Ray Strunk, were found guilty by a jury in the District Court of conspiring to rob *174the Union Bank of Berry, Berry, Kentucky, a state bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in violation of Sections 371 and 2113, Title 18 United States Code. There was no count charging the substantive offense of robbing the bank and, in fact, the bank was not robbed. Each appellant received a sentence of five years imprisonment.

At the trial, the Government introduced evidence showing the…