State v. Patton

No. 120,434 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DWAYNE LYNN PATTON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Issues of statutory interpretation raise questions of law over which appellate courts exercise unlimited review. 2. The crime of driving under the influence under Chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated is distinct from crimes governed by the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act in Chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. The statute that criminalizes driving under the influence in Chapter 8 should be treated as an essentially self-contained…