United States v. Leroy J. Bussey

OPINION

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

Leroy Bussey appeals his conviction at a trial to the court for attempted bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and for carrying a firearm during an attempted bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (Supp. 1974). His plan was a rather elaborate one to force the bank manager to accompany him and his confederates from his home to the bank where the manager would open the vault door for them. The plan progressed with the aid of pistols and a shotgun to the point where the manager explained that the vault door had a time lock which would not permit anyone to open it until a much…