State v. Banks

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Billy Ray Banks was originally charged with three counts of armed robbery and three counts of kidnapping arising out of one incident, and one count of robbery and one count of attempted kidnapping arising out of another incident. The last two charges were severed and tried separately. At the first trial, Mr. Banks was convicted of the three counts of armed robbery and acquitted on the three counts of kidnapping. At the second trial, he was convicted on both the robbery and attempted kidnapping counts. He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years…