State v. Kurtz

Green, J.:

Aaron Kurtz argues that the trial court illegally sentenced him to 60 days in jail for violating his probation for the first time. He argues that the trial court erred by not following K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 22-3716(c)(l)(B), which prohibits trial courts from ordering defendants to spend more than 18 days in jail for a first probation violation. But K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 22-3716(c)(l)(B) was not the law when Kurtz committed his crimes or when he violated his probation; therefore, this statute did not govern the available sanctions the trial court could use when it sentenced Kurtz. Under the…