. >> abbey's cellmate jimmy torres can tell him all about life in prison. >> i spent all my 30s inside when i was 41. they don't mess around. when they hammer you, they hammer you good. >> torres is at orange county appealing his conviction for an armed bank robbery he claims he didn't commit, but he does take credit for dozens of other bank him a prior 11-year sentence at another federal penitentiary. >> the yankee bandit, my cellmate at one time, a world famous bank robber, he holds a record at 72 banks robbed. and i'm like, come on, man, i was just getting warmed up at 72. throughout the years i've probably robbed mo and no more than 150. put it that way. >> torres says the inspiration become a bank robber occurred when he was a young boy growing up in a tough part of orange county. >> i never had money in my pocket to buy an ice cream when i was a kid, and that used to bother me because all the other kids had money, and i got caught ck in y with warren beatty and i forget the actress, faye dunaway and i remember walking home that day and i said i'm going to rob a bank, just like bo