Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Werholtz
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided November 14, 2008No. 100,156PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAnany, J.:
James A. Boyd appeals the district court’s dismissal of his K.S.A. 60-1501 petition.
In 1992, Boyd pled guilty to a number of violent crimes. He received consecutive sentences of 15 years to life for each conviction and was then transferred to the Washington State Department of Corrections pursuant to the Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC), K.S.A. 76-3001 et seq., where he remains today.
In April 2006, Boyd sent a letter to Roger Werholtz, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), stating that his sentence had been “grossly miscalculated” and that he has not…
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