1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

2 FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

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4 August Term, 2021

5 (Argued: November 23, 2021 Decided: December 6, 2022)

6 Docket No. 20-3049

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8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

9 Appellant, 10 - v. - 11 VINCENT GIBSON, 12 Defendant-Appellee. 13 _________________________________________________________ 14 Before: KEARSE, LOHIER, and LEE, Circuit Judges. 1 Appeal by the United States from so much of a judgment entered in the

2 United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Lawrence J.

3 Vilardo, Judge, as sentenced defendant Vincent Gibson to 60 months' imprisonment

4 following his plea of guilty to five counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.

5 § 2113(a), five counts of entering the banks with intent to commit larceny in violation

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