Banks v. State

Ray, Judge.

On May 11, 2009, the State filed an accusation against Kevin Eugene Banks charging him with the sale of methamphetamine. Banks entered a plea of guilty to this charge pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford.1 Banks was subsequently indicted for the offenses of manufacturing methamphetamine, conspiracy to commit the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana (less than one ounce), and two counts of possession of methamphetamine. Banks filed a plea in bar, arguing that his guilty plea and the subsequent indictment arose from the same conduct, and, accordingly, that the…