State v. Cooper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

Following a bench trial, Jerry Cooper was convicted in 1982 of one count of aggravated kidnapping and one count of indecent liberties with a child. The district court imposed consecutive sentences of life imprisonment for aggravated kidnapping and 3 to 10 years’ imprisonment for indecent liberties with a child.

In 1999, Cooper filed a K.S.A. 60-1507 motion in which he argued, among other things, that he was illegally charged and convicted of indecent liberties with a child instead of aggravated incest, because the child was his stepson.…