State v. Pearce

No. 110,435 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. PEARCE, JR., Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. An appeal is heard on a question reserved by the State only to address a matter of some statewide importance, not merely to show that the district court was wrong in a particular case. The appellate court's ruling on a question reserved does not have any effect on the criminal defendant or juvenile offender in that case. 2. One factor that determines the length of a defendant's presumptive sentence for a felony conviction under the Kansas…