State v. Valdez

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 122,444 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ADAM N. VALDEZ, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Assertions of error on appeal are abandoned if the litigant fails to argue or brief them. 2. A defendant may not bring a claim that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction in a motion to correct an illegal sentence under K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 22-3504. 3. An erroneous certification of a juvenile defendant as an adult cannot render a resulting sentence illegal under the narrow definition of an illegal sentence under K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 22-3504. 4.…