United States v. John T. Hunter, Jr.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In crime as in other things, life sometimes imitates art. Moviegoers who saw the film “Point Break” will have vivid recollections of bank robbers masked as American presidents. John T. Hunter, Jr. and his father may not have been surfers in pursuit of the perfect wave, but they did use a similar modus operandi. Hunter, masked as various presidential figures including Michael Dukakis, conspired with his father to rob numerous banks in several states. A jury convicted him of conspiring to rob banks, of robbing sixteen banks, and of using and carrying a firearm during each…