State v. St. John

Pierron, J.:

St. John pleaded no contest to two counts of criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The district court found he was a persistent sex offender because he had a prior conviction for second-degree rape in Oklahoma. The court sentenced him to 214 months' imprisonment, an enhanced sentence based on his status as a persistent sex offender. St. John appeals, arguing the district court erred (1) in classifying him as a persistent sex offender because Oklahoma second-degree rape is not comparable to any sexually violent crime in Kansas; (2) in…