United States v. James Allen Standridge

Appellant James Standridge was convicted of four crimes: (1) bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. sec. 2113(a); (2) assaulting a person or placing a person’s life in jeopardy by use of a dangerous weapon while robbing a bank, 18 U.S.C. sec. 2113(d); (3) using a dangerous weapon while committing a federal crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. sec. 924(c); and (4) possession of a firearm by a felon with three prior convictions for robbery or burglary, 18 U.S.C.App. sec. 1202(a). We affirm.

On February 25, 1986, at 10:45 a.m., a lone white male attempted to rob a bank in Atlanta, Georgia. Witnesses described the…