State v. Cash

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Joshua Cash appeals the sentences he received after pleading guilty to sex crimes covered by Jessica’s Law, K.S.A. 21-4643. He contends that the controlling term of imprisonment should have provided for parole eligibility after 20 years and that the district court should not have ordered lifetime postrelease supervision for his off-grid convictions. We affirm the hard-25 life sentence but vacate that portion of the sentence imposing lifetime postrelease supervision.

Factual and Procedural Overview

Cash confessed to having sexual contact with…