State v. Holt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

Stanton Holt directly appeals the district court’s summaiy dismissal of his motion for new trial filed 16 years after his convictions. Because we agree the motion was untimely, we affirm. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601 (b) (convicted of Class A felony; maximum sentence of life imprisonment imposed).

Facts

In 1994, Holt was convicted by a juiy of more than 60 offenses, including two counts of first-degree murder diat arose out of a series of burglaries and related offenses in Junction City, Kansas. His controlling sentence is life…