State v. Dawson

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

*915 Alcena M. Dawson seeks review of the Court of Appeals' decision to affirm the district court's summary denial of his 2015 motion to correct an illegal sentence with respect to his 1997 jury trial conviction for rape. On review, Dawson contends that his sentence was based on an incorrectly calculated criminal history score because a pre-Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) burglary conviction was erroneously classified as a person felony.

Dawson principally relies on State v. McAlister , 54 Kan. App. 2d 65 , 75-76, 78-79, 396 P.3d 100…