State v. McDonald

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This criminal case considers claims of trial court abuse of discretion. Rufus McDonald was found guilty by a jury of one count of rape. K.S.A. 21-3502. He was sentenced to a term of 15 years to life. McDonald claims the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a three-hour continuance and by imposing a sentence of 15 years to life. He also asserts error in the method of sentencing. A fourth claim for reversal is based on the sufficiency of the evidence.

Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 22-3601(b)(l), the imposition…