State v. Johnson

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

Chad M. Johnson appeals the district court's denial of his postsentencing motion to withdraw pleas. He contends he should have been permitted to withdraw his pleas for three reasons: (1) his counsel and the court did not adequately inform him of the registration required by the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA), K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq. , or the maximum sentence he could receive if he pled; (2) his attorney misled him regarding the State's position on probation; and (3) his attorney failed to investigate the underlying facts and failed…