People v. Shipe

Defendant appeals as of right his convictions of two counts of bank robbery 1 on the ground that his constitutional protection against double jeopardy precludes convictions for two offenses where, although there were two tellers involved, the incident involved only one banking institution. We agree and vacate one of defendant’s bank robbery convictions.

Defendant’s convictions arise from his robbery of a First of America Bank in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 10, 1989. Defendant entered the bank, brandished a bb handgun, and ordered two tellers to give him the bank’s money. Upon receiving over…