United States v. Kenneth Paul Simmons and Melvin Thomas Lawrence

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

Defendants, having been indicted, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 2118(a), (b), (d), and (f), on three counts of bank robbery, pled guilty to Count I. They were sentenced to 18 years’, instead of the maximum 20 years’, imprisonment. Before defendants pled guilty they entered into a bargain which is described as follows by the government at p. 3 of its brief:

“Basically, the Government agreed to dismiss Counts II and III of the indictment at the time of sentencing, thereby limiting the defendants’ exposure to twenty years incarceration under Count I. The Government…