State v. Moncla

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BEIER, J.:

David Monda appeals the district court’s summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

In May 1995, a jury convicted David Monda of first-degree murder. Based on the evidence presented at trial, which included the fact that the murder victim had been struck in the head with a claw hammer at least 18 times, the district court judge .fpund that the murder had been committed in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manner—an aggravating factor under K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 21-4636. The…