State v. Terrell

No. 122,680 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ROBERT GLENN TERRELL, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Appellate courts exercise unlimited review on whether a sentence is illegal within the meaning of K.S.A. 22-3504 because it is a question of law. 2. An appellate court must first attempt to ascertain legislative intent through the statutory language enacted, giving common words their ordinary meanings. When a statute is plain and unambiguous, an appellate court should not speculate about the legislative intent behind that clear language, and it…