State v. Sellers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This is an appeal arising from defendant Jerry Sellers’ “Motion to Arrest Judgment Pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3503.” Sellers argued that the charging document in his Jessica’s Law case failed to include the essential element that he was age 18 or older at the time of the alleged crimes, and he relied on language in this court’s decision in State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 256, 274 P.3d 640 (2012), which states that “K.S.A. 22-3503 allows the trial court to arrest judgment without a motion by defendant and without the time constraints of K.S.A.…