State v. Medina

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

The defendant, Jesus V. Medina, appealed to the Kansas Court of Appeals his conviction for aggravated battery and the denial of his motion to modify the 3- to 10-year sentence imposed. In an unpublished opinion filed March 25, 1994, the Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction for aggravated battery and held it had no jurisdiction to consider the appeal from the denial of sentence modification.

The defendant filed a petition for review with this court requesting review of the jurisdictional issue. We granted review solely on the issue of…