State v. McRoberts

No. 127,120 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. KAITLYN NICOLE MCROBERTS, a/k/a KAITLYN NICOLE CRAFT, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A district court, and not solely a probation officer, must impose an intermediate jail sanction before the district court revokes probation, unless the district court relies on an exception to the intermediate sanctions rule. 2. When a court explicitly disavows reliance on any exception as its reason to revoke probation, we cannot conclude that the district court in fact exercised its authority to bypass sanctions by…