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Date: 07-22-2020
Case Style:
Case Number: CF-2015-6856
Judge: CF Docket B
Court: In the District Court in and For Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney: Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Levi Carlton Banks with:
Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, UTTERING FORGED INSTRUMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1592
Date of Offense: 11/09/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
BANKS, LEVI CARLTON Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/17/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UTTERING FORGED INSTRUMENT(FORG)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1592
A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or counterfeiting of which has previously been declared to be punishable, knowing such instrument or coin to be forged, altered or counterfeited, is punishable as follows:
1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;
2. If the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;
3. If the value of the instrument is Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed five (5) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine; and
4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed eight (8) years, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
B. For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of several
Outcome: 07-17-2020 CONVICTED
JUDGE CLARK: DEFENDANT PRESENT, VIA VIDEO, IN DOC CUSTODY, AND REPRESENTED BY BLISS LOWE, PD. STATE REPRESENTED STEPHANIE YOUNIS. COURT REPORTER WAIVED. DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. DEFENDANT SERVED, AND CONFESSES TO STATE MOTION TO TERMINATE. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY, DEFENDANT PREVIOUSLY WAIVED RIGHTS TO JURY, NON JURY TRIAL, COURT ACCEPTS PLEA, COURT FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY, DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO:
COUNT 1: FOUR (4) YEARS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. DEFENDANT ASSESSED COSTS ONLY
THIS TERM TO BE SERVED AS FOLLOWS:
TO RUN CONCURRENT WITH CM-15-6720, CF-16-1117, CF-16-2183, AND ROGERS COUNTY CASES CF-15-280 AND CF-15-767
NINE (9) MONTHS OF POST IMPRISONMENT SUPERVISION
CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED AND EARNED; INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
07/12/16-10/05/16
02/03/17-02/20/17
05/03/17-05/17/17
05/26/17-05/30/17
09/02/17-10/26/17
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS, RULE 8 ISSUED, JUDGEMENT AND SENTENCE ISSUED.
1 BANKS, LEVI CARLTON
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