11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O76.1

18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)

(Subsection (a) Only)

It’s a Federal crime to take [or to attempt to take] from or in the presence of

another person [by force and violence] [by intimidation] any property or money

possessed by a federally insured [bank] [credit union] [savings-and - Loan

association]. This crime is called bank robbery.

The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following

facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:

(1) the Defendant knowingly took [or attempted to take] money or

property possessed by a federally insured [bank] [credit union]

[savings-and-loan association] from or in the presence of the

person described in the indictment; and

(2) the Defendant did so [by means of force and violence] [by means

of intimidation].

[A “federally insured bank” means any bank whose deposits are insured by

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.]

[A “federally insured credit union” means any Federal credit union and any

State-chartered credit union whose accounts are insured by the National Credit

Union Administration Board.]

[A “federally insured savings and loan association” means any savings-and -

loan association whose deposits are insured by the Federal Savings -and-Loan

Insurance Corporation.]

[To take “by means of intimidation” is to say or do something in a way that

would make an ordinary person fear bodily harm.

The heart of the crime is taking money or property by using intimidation. It

doesn’t matter whether the victim was actually scared or whether the Defendant’s

behavior was violent enough to cause terror, panic, or hysteria as long as an

ordinary person in the victim’s position would have felt a threat of bodily ha rm by

the Defendant’s conduct.]