Legal Opinion
State v. Gales
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided October 4, 2019No. 119302PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
No. 119,302 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GREGORY LYNN GALES, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A sentence is not an illegal sentence because of a change in the law that occurs after the sentence is pronounced. 2. The 2019 statutory amendments to K.S.A. 22-3504 define a "change in the law" as a statutory change or an opinion by an appellate court of the State of Kansas, unless the opinion is issued while the sentence is pending an appeal from the judgment of conviction. 3. The 2019 statutory amendments to K.S.A. 22-3504 are procedural in nature…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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