Ray Nelson Bruinsma v. United States

The appellant, Ray Nelson Bruinsma, was found guilty by a jury under a two-count indictment charging him with the offense of conspiracy to commit burglary and of the offense of burglary of the Chester State Bank of Chester, Texas, a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2113(a). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas imposed a sentence of twenty years on the burglary count and a sentence of five years on the conspiracy count. The five-year sentence was suspended and probated for five years and is to commence…