Kesterson v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

Steven Kesterson, an inmate in Lansing Correctional Facility, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 60-1501 in Leavenworth County District Court. He asked that the Department of Corrections (DOC) be ordered to restore good time credits it had withheld because of his failure to participate in a sex offender program. The district court granted the petition and DOC appealed. Kesterson moved to transfer to the Supreme Court under Rule 8.02 (2002 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 55), and this court granted his request.

The sole…