Posted: November 10th, 2015
Case
The Great Bank Heist a. Review the case fact pattern. b. Develop a list of all
crimes Louie and Billy could be charged with. c. Do you believe Wanda could be
charged with a crime? If so, what crime? Justify your response. d. Do you believe
the bank guard could be charged with a crime? If so, what crime? Justify your
response. e. Do you believe Smokey can be charged with a crime? If so, what crime?
Justify your response. f. Identify a potential defense for Louie and Billy.
CASE FACTS:
Louie, Billy, and Vinnie are all unemployed and broke. Louie dates Wanda, who works
as a teller at People’s Choice Financial, a local bank. In order to improve their
financial situation, Louie, Billy, and Vinnie decide to rob the bank. They need to
procure some items to facilitate the crime, and they need to enlist the assistance
of Wanda, Louie’s girlfriend. The three decide that they need to steal two cars,
one for a getaway car and the other as a switch car. They also need guns, masks,
and a place to launder the money they steal from the bank. Billy knows someone who
deals in controlled substances, Smokey, and he agrees to launder the money for a 3%
fee. Vinnie is assigned the task of obtaining two cars to use in the robbery. He
steals both cars from the police impound lot. He later parks one of the cars in a
shopping mall parking lot to be used as a switch car. Louie knows Smith, a gun
collector whose collection is stored in a locker at his residence. Louie breaks a
window at Smith’s house, enters, breaks into the gun locker, and steals several
handguns and automatic weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun. Without telling her
why, Louie, Billy, and Vinnie talk to Wanda about the inside layout of People’s
Choice, the amount of cash in the bank, bank security, and the bank’s hours of
operation. The morning of the bank robbery, Billy pays an unexpected visit to his
estranged wife, Glamorous Gloria. They have had a tumultuous relationship for
months, and Billy wants to have a clean break. He shoots Glamorous Gloria once in
the heart, killing her instantly. Louie, Billy, and Vinnie meet and drive together
to the bank. Billy waits in the car as the getaway driver while Louie and Vinnie go
inside to rob the bank. Wanda, not known for her attention to detail, forgot to
mention the armed bank guard. When Louie and Vinnie announce the robbery, the bank
guard draws his gun. The shooting starts, and one of the tellers is shot and
killed. Shooting continues and next Vinnie is shot and killed. Louie grabs a bag of
money and runs from the bank just as the police arrive. The shooting continues as
Louie jumps into the getaway car, and the bank guard emerges, shooting and killing
one of the police officers. LE1430: Project—Case Fact Pattern Page 2 In the
confusion, Billy and Louie speed away from the bank. Two blocks down the street,
they hit and kill a pedestrian crossing the street. The two drive about five miles,
abandon the car, and flee on foot. They are able to make it to Smokey’s house.
Smokey, shocked after hearing the terrible turn of events that took place, does not
notify law enforcement. The police are able to obtain the signal being emitted by a
tracking device in the bag of stolen bank money. The police surround Smokey’s house
and, when Billy and Louie are asleep, break in and capture them. Billy and Louie
are both advised of their rights and taken into custody.
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