Legal Opinion
United States v. Andrew Traeger
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 2002No. 01-2154PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
It’s not a good idea to rob banks. It’s particularly not a good idea to rob banks when you have distinctive physical characteristics — like being bigger than the average offensive tackle in the National Football League. Not to mention wearing your hair in a ponytail.
Andrew Traeger, whose nickname, appropriately enough, is “Mountain,” carries 350 pounds on his 6'5" frame. On an October afternoon in 1997, Traeger robbed the LaSalle Bank on Chicago’s Ashland Avenue. A LaSalle teller gave police a description of the robber. One week later, Traeger tried to rob the…
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