Federal- Bank Robbery

Statute
18 USC 2113(a). Bank robbery and incidental crimes

(a) Whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, or obtains or attempts to obtain by extortion any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit union, or any savings and loan association; or Whoever enters or attempts to enter any bank, credit union, or any savings and loan association, or any building used in whole or in part as a bank, credit union, or as a savings and loan association, with intent to commit in such bank, credit union, or in such savings and loan association, or building, or part thereof, so used, any felony affecting such bank, credit union, or such savings and loan association and in violation of any statute of the United States, or any larceny - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

Jury Instruction
The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt :

A “federally insured bank” means any bank the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A “federally insured credit union” means any Federal credit union and any State-chartered credit union the accounts of which are insured by the National Credit Union Administration Board or any credit union chartered under the laws of a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. A “federally insured savings and loan association” means any savings and loan association the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

To take “by means of intimidation” is to say or do something in such a way that a person of ordinary sensibilities would be fearful of bodily harm; it is not necessary to prove that the alleged victim was actually frightened, and neither is it necessary to show that the behavior of the Defendant was so violent that it was likely to cause terror, panic or hysteria. The essence of the offense is the taking of money or property aided and accompanied by intentionally intimidating behavior on the part of the Defendant.

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