State v. Hyche

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

Ricky Hyche pled guilty to a Jessica’s Law offense, i.e., aggravated indecent liberties with a child, and received a hard 25 sentence pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4643(a)(l). He now raises three sentencing issues on appeal: (1) he should be eligible for parole after 20 years, not 25, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3717(b)(2); (2) lifetime electronic monitoring is an invalid component of his sentence under State v. Jolly, 291 Kan. 842, 249 P.3d 421 (2011); and (3) his motion for a downward departure from the hard 25 sentence should have been granted. We have…