Smith v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

John David Smith seeks post-conviction relief from a plea bargain and 20 year sentence. We agree in part and reduce his sentence by four years. However, his theft of a check book and subsequent forgery and deposit of six of the checks at six different banks at six different times was not a "single episode of criminal conduct." As such, he is not entitled to the sentencing limit the Legislature has placed on "single episodes."

Background

On October 18, 1996, Defendant stole a checkbook from Horace Harvey, his then-grandparent-in-law. This checkbook was for a bank account that…