State v. Gilkes

The Supreme Court vacated the district court’s order obligating Appellant to register as an offender under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA), Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-4901 et seq., following Appellant’s conviction for aggravated assault.On appeal, Appellant argued that the registration requirement was an illegal sentence because the district court did not make a factual finding on the record that he used a deadly weapon in the commission of a person felony, pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-4902. The Supreme Court agreed, holding that because there was no record that the court made a finding that Appellant used a deadly weapon in committing his crime of conviction, Appellant was not an “offender” as defined by section 22-4902(e)(2). View "State v. Gilkes" on Justia Law