Legal Opinion

United States v. Michal Jankowski, United States of America v. Sylwia Jankowski

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 12, 1999No. 99-1132, 99-1352PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this consolidated appeal, siblings Sylwia and Michal Jankow-ski, were convicted of one count each of stealing federally insured deposits for their roles in an armored car robbery. See 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b) (1994 & Supp. Ill 1997). Sylwia argues that the District Court erred in allowing the Government to introduce evidence that the defendants spoke in Polish and in failing to apply the minor-participant reduction to her sentence calculation. Michal argues that the court erred in rejecting his duress defense and in applying a sentencing enhancement for…

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