United States v. Chauncy J. Clark

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, when the robber announced “this is a hold up,” the teller could “reasonabl[y] . . . suspect and fear that [the robber] might use physical force to compel satisfaction of his demand for money”
• finding that demand note constituted intimidation where it was “reasonable for [the teller] to suspect and fear that [the defendant] might use physical force to compel satisfaction of his demand for money”
• affirming a conviction where the defendant gave the teller a demand note and stated “Yes, Ma’am, this is a holdup.”
• finding intimidation where note demanded 'all of your twenties, fifties and hundred dollar bills' and defendant stated that 'this is a holdup'
• finding intimidation where note demanded ‘all of your twenties, fifties and hundred dollar bills’ and defendant stated that ‘this is a holdup’
• “No matter how one interprets [the defendant’s] manners as polite or non-violent, the combination of his actions still amount[s] to intimidation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).