State v. Green

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Robert Green, from the sentence imposed and denial of probation after Green had entered a plea of guilty to aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427). The defendant does not challenge his conviction. He contends that the sentence imposed and the denial of probation constituted an abuse of discretion by the district court.

The State, at the outset, raises a jurisdictional issue. It maintains that, under the Kansas Code of Criminal Procedure, the Kansas appellate courts have no jurisdiction to review the…