State v. Brown

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 126,814 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. QUORTEZ E. BROWN, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A defendant cannot use a motion to correct an illegal sentence to raise a constitutional claim. 2. Courts are to interpret pro se pleadings based on their contents and not solely on their title or labels. But there are limits to a court's duty to liberally construe pro se pleadings; a court need not divine every conceivable interpretation of a motion, especially when a movant repeatedly asserts specific statutory grounds for relief and propounds arguments…