State v. McAlister

The opinion of the court was delivered by Johnson, J.:

The State seeks our review of the Court of Appeal's decision reversing the district court's summary denial of Jacob J. McAlister Jr.'s 2015 motions to correct his allegedly illegal sentences imposed in 1996. McAlister's K.S.A. 22-3504 motions contend that his sentences were based on an incorrect criminal history score because his pre-Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) burglary convictions should have been classified as nonperson felonies.

The district court found McAlister's motions to be procedurally barred, but the Court of Appeals…