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5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.80C
BANK BURGLARY
18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (SECOND PARAGRAPH)
The second paragraph of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a) makes it a crime
for anyone to enter [attempt to enter] any federally insured bank [credit union] [savings and loan
association] [building used in whole or in part as a bank, credit union, or savings and loan
association] with the intent to commit in such bank [credit union] [savings and loan association]
[building] [part thereof, so used] any larceny [felony affecting such bank [credit union] [savings
and loan association] [building] and in violation of any statute of the United States].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must be convinced that the
government has proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the defendant entered [attempted to enter] a federally insured bank [credit
union] [savings and loan association] [building used in whole or part as such];
Second: That at the time that the defendant entered [attempted to enter] the federally
insured bank [credit union] [savings and loan association] [building used in whole or part as such]
he [she] intended to commit therein any larceny [the following felony, in violation of any statute
of the United States. ________ (insert name of federal felony listed in the indictment);] and
Third: That the felony be one affecting such bank [credit union] [savings and loan
association] [building].
[A person commits any “larceny” when he takes and carries away, with intent to steal or
purloin, any property [money] [thing of value] of another.]
[I instruct you that _________ ( insert name of federal felony listed in the indictment ) is a
felony in violation of a statute of the United States.]
[A person commits the felony of _______ when he (insert appropriate Instruction).]
A “federally insured bank” means any bank with deposits 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.
A state-chartered credit union includes a 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 Deposit Insurance Corporation.]
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