State v. Horn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Joshua M. Horn pled guilty to one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy in violation of K.S.A. 21-3301(a), (c), and 21-3506(a)(l). Applying the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4643, commonly referred to as Jessica’s Law, the district court sentenced Horn to life in prison with a mandatoiy minimum prison term of 25 years (hard 25). Horn appeals that sentence, claiming that he should have received a Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) sentence for a nondrug severity level 1 felony, as provided in K.S.A.…