State v. Hill

No. 127,959 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. LOWELL ERIC HILL, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. When a statute is plain and unambiguous, an appellate court should refrain from reading something into the statute that is not readily found in its words. 2. K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6615(a) requires a district court to award jail time credit for all the time a defendant is incarcerated pending the disposition of the defendant's case. 3. When a defendant has been released on bond—and remains on bond in that case until sentencing—K.S.A. 2021 Supp.…