State v. Perez

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a sentencing guidelines case. At issue is whether Nicolas E. Perez qualifies for sentence conversion under K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 22-3717(1) and, if not, whether K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 22-3717(1) is unconstitutional. The district court held Perez was not eligible for sentence conversion. Perez maintains that the district court’s refusal to convert his sentence under K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 22-3717(f) denies him equal protection under the law. We disagree.

We have jurisdiction because the underlying sentence is an indefinite life sentence. See K.S.A.…