State v. Van Winkle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant appeals the district court’s revocation of her probation and refusal to reduce her life sentence. The State questions whether a district court had jurisdiction to hear successive motions for revocation of probation and to modify a life sentence.

On April 16, 1992, Gloria Lynn Van Winkle was convicted of possession of cocaine. This conviction was a class A felony under K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 65-4127a because of Van Winkle’s two prior convictions of possession of cocaine. On July 10, 1992, the district judge sentenced Van Winkle to life…