Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick L. Stitman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 2007No. 05-2277PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In the summer of 2003, Patrick Stitman went on a bank robbery spree, hitting three banks on three separate occasions. Each time, he threatened to shoot or kill the bank teller, even though he was actually unarmed. During one robbery, Stitman told the bank teller that he had a gun and pointed to his hip, where the teller observed a “bulge.” Ultimately Stitman was caught and pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).
At sentencing, the district court applied a three-level sentencing enhancement based on U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(2)(E), after…
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