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Date: 12-22-2022
Case Style:
United States of America v. Mitchell Danyell Banks
Case Number: 1:21-cr-00344
Judge: William L. Osteen
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Guilford County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug conspiracy, knowingly possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, maintaining drug-involved premises, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Mitchell Danyell Banks, age 43, was convicted at trial on June 16, 2022, of all fourteen counts of the indictment against him. The offenses occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The case was investigated by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Mary Ann Courtney and Assistant United States Attorney Clifton T. Barret.
21:846 and 841(b)(1)(C) Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
(1sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
(2sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride
(3sss)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) Felon in possession of a firearm
21:856(a)(1) and (b) Maintain drug-involved premises
(4sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) Possess firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime
(5sss)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) Felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition
(6sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
(7sss)
21:856(a)(1) and (b) Maintain drug-involved premises
(8sss)
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) Possess firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime
(9sss)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) Felon in possession of ammunition
(10sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
(11sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
(12sss)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride
(13sss)
21:856(a)(1) and (b) Maintain drug-involved premises
(14sss)
Outcome: Banks was sentenced to a otal of 260 months in federal prison, followed by supervised release fot 6 years and was ordered to pay a special assessment of $1,400.
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