State v. Brook
Supreme Court of Kansas
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by Beier, J.:
Defendant Skyler Lee Brook appeals the district court's correction of his postrelease supervision term after his probation was revoked and he was ordered to serve his original sentence. He challenges the district court judge's statutory authority to change the term from two years to lifetime, and he argues the lifetime postrelease term constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
We affirm the district judge's decision and our Court of Appeals' endorsement of it.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Brook pleaded no contest to sexual exploitation of…
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