State v. Perry

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This is a companion case to State v. Shelly, 303 Kan. 1027, 371 P.3d 820 (2016).

Defendant Cara N. Perry, along with her codefendant husband, Charles E. Shelly, entered a no contest plea to one count of unlawful distribution of a drug precursor and one count of unlawful possession of a drug precursor. Defense counsel did not file a timely direct appeal. Periy filed a pro se K.S.A. 60-1507 motion, arguing that she should have been sentenced under tire identical offense doctrine discussed in State v. Snellings, 294 Kan. 149, 273 P.3d 739 (2012),…