State v. Beechum

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This criminal case concerns: (1) our jurisdiction to hear an appeal of the sentence imposed following a plea of guilty in a first-degree murder case in which (a) there are no allegations of partiality, prejudice, or corrupt motive and (b) the trial court has imposed the mandatory, and consequently minimum, sentence of life imprisonment under K.S.A. 21-4501(a); and (2) trial *195court discretion in requiring restitution for the benefit of an “aggrieved party.”

Our jurisdiction is grounded in K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 22-3601(b)(1). The case at bar arises…