State v. Fish

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a plea agreement sentencing case. Stuart Fish, the defendant, received the sentence he bargained for. The single issue is whether the trial court erred in denying a motion for sentence modification.

Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 22-3601(b)(l) (defendant convicted of a class A felony or received a maximum sentence of life imprisonment).

The standard of review for trial court sentencing is abuse of discretion. A sentence imposed within the statutory guidelines will not be disturbed on appeal if it is within the trial court’s…