State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The State of Kansas appeals upon a question reserved, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3602(b)(3). The State disputes the district court’s finding that when one conviction, previously consolidated for trial with convictions from other complaints, is used as an element in a subsequent crime, the other previously consolidated convictions cannot be used in determining the defendant’s criminal history.

On October 10, 1995, defendant Ernest L. Taylor pled guilty to nine counts in three complaints which had been consolidated for trial: (1) in case No. 95 CR…