State v. Banks

liThe defendant, Leonard O’Neal Banks, pled guilty to one count of second degree kidnapping pursuant to a plea agreement that included an agreed-upon sentencing cap of 20 years at hard labor. The trial court accepted the plea and later sentenced the defendant to 18 years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. This appeal followed. Seeking to withdraw, the defendant’s appellate counsel filed an An-ders/Benjamin brief stating that she could find no nonfrivolous issues to raise on appeal.1 For the following reasons, we grant the motion to withdraw and…