State v. Fowler

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 116,803 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. BRANDON L. FOWLER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. For a multiple-conviction case, the phrase "the present crime of conviction" in K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21-6810(d)(9) refers to a criminal defendant's current primary grid crime for which an accurate criminal history and the severity level of the crime determine the applicable base sentence under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act. 2. A sentencing judge's use of the same two prior misdemeanor domestic batteries both to calculate a defendant's criminal…