State v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

The defendant, Kenneth Craig Baker, appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree, K.S.A. 21-3401, by a jury in Osage District Court. The trial court found that this was Baker’s second felony conviction and imposed consecutive life sentences upon him. Defendant contends that the evidence upon which the trial court made its finding that he had a prior felony conviction was improper, and that the court erred in imposing consecutive life sentences.

Prior to the date set for sentencing, and on September 26, 1983, the State filed a…