State v. Ventris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROSEN, J.:

Donnie Ventris petitioned this court to review the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming his convictions for aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Ventris asserts that the district court improperly admitted impeachment testimony from a jailhouse informant who had been surreptitiously planted in his jail cell by the State; that the district court improperly admitted evidence in violation of K.S.A. 60-455; and that his sentence should be reversed because the determination of his criminal history was not proven to a juiy beyond a reasonable…