Thursday, May 8, 2003
Gregory Banks v. State of Florida
No. 01-2733
Okaloosa County
Banks was charged with a crime and later accepted a plea agreement of 132 months
in prison. Banks alleged his acceptance of the plea was based on the Sentencing
Guidelines in effect at the time. Later those Guidelines were declared unconstitutional.
Banks then sought to have his sentence reconsidered under the more lenient Guidelines
that existed previously. The trial judge rejected his claim, and the First District
affirmed.