United States v. Goodridge

MASTROIANNI, U.S.D.J.

I. INTRODUCTION

On June 23, 1997, a federal jury found Ralph A. Goodridge ("Defendant") guilty *163of three counts: bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (Count One), using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (Count Two),1 and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(1) (Count Four). Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment on Count One pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(1) (commonly known as the "three strikes law"), which mandated a life sentence for a person convicted of "a…