Legal Opinion
United States v. Adelard Vachon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1989No. 87-1737, 87-1738PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The government tried the appellant, Ade-lard Vachon, for bank robbery. 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (Supp.1988). The facts are not contested: Vachon apparently conceded that on two separate occasions (February 21 and March 14, 1986), he entered the branch of the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank located on 426 Boylston Street in Boston, and that on each occasion he obtained money by threatening to blow up the bank with an “explosive” that he pretended to have in a bag. Rather, his basic defense was insanity. 18 U.S.C. § 17 (Supp.1988). And, his conduct (suicide attempt, refusal to…
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