Opinion ID: 62941
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Heading: SunTrust Bank

Text: Bannister contests the admission of evidence regarding the uncharged SunTrust Bank robbery, which occurred on April 14, 2004, the same day as the First National Bank robbery. The two robberies occurred nearly simultaneously as part of a plan to cause chaos for the police. The participants in both robberies prepared for the robberies together the evening before, and the two teams met back in the same apartment after each carrying out their assigned robbery in an identical manner. We conclude the SunTrust and First National robberies were inextricably intertwined; therefore, evidence of the SunTrust robbery was properly admitted. See United States v. Edouard, 485 F.3d 1324, 1344 (11th Cir. 2007) (“Evidence, not part of the crime charged but pertaining to the chain of events explaining the context, motive[,] and set-up of the crime, is properly admitted if linked in time and circumstances with the charged crime, or forms an integral and natural part of an account of the crime, or is necessary to complete the story of the crime for the jury.” (quoting United States v. McLean, 138 F.3d 1398, 1403 (11th Cir. 1998))).