Printable Format21-6801. Citation of article. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6801 through 21-6824, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the revised Kansas sentencing guidelines act.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 282; July 1, 2011.
Source or Prior Law:
21-4701.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. In determining what constitutes a comparable offense, it is necessary to compare the elements of each offense, but the elements do not need to be identical. State v. Martinez, 50 K.A.2d 1244, 338 P.3d 1236 (2014).
2. Interpretation of the Kansas sentencing guidelines act is a question of law subject to unlimited appellate review. State v. Nguyen, 304 K. 420, 423, 372 P.3d 1142 (2016).
3. Convictions for crimes committed before Kansas designated crimes as person or nonperson offenses are to be classified as a person or nonperson offense by referring to comparable offenses in effect on the date the defendant committed the current crime of conviction. State v. Coleman, 311 K. 305, 306, 460 P.3d 368 (2020).
4. Section 5 of the Kansas constitution bill of rights does not guarantee defendants the right to have a jury determine the existence of sentence-enhancing prior convictions under the revised Kansas sentencing guidelines act. State v. Albano, 313 K. 638, 643, 487 P.3d 750 (2021).