State v. Ballard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

Jason Ballard directly appeals his sentence for committing aggravated indecent liberties with a child, an off-grid person felony under K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 21-3504(a)(3)(A) and (c). More specifically, he appeals the district court’s refusal to grant probation and its imposition of lifetime postrelease supervision without eligibility for good time credit. Our jurisdiction is pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(l) (conviction of an off-grid crime).

The issues on appeal, and our accompanying holdings, are as follows:

1. Did the district court abuse its…