State of Missouri v. Ozie Banks

The State of Missouri brings this interlocutory appeal, challenging the trial court’s dismissal of Counts II-VI of the indictment against Ozie Banks. The trial court determined that, under the terms of a prior plea agreement between the State and Banks, the State was precluded from pursuing Counts II-IX in accordance with its previous promise “not to file any other cases for which Mr. Banks may have been a suspect in this series of -offenses.” 1 Because the court’s finding that Counts II-VI came within the terms of the prior plea agreement was supported by the evidence, the court did not err…