State v. Clark

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 121,789 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. SIDNEY W. CLARK, Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The right to appeal derives from statute. Therefore, as a general rule, appellate courts may exercise jurisdiction only when authorized to do so by statute. 2. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, points of law established by a court are generally followed by the same court and courts of lower rank in later cases in which the same legal issue is raised. 3. This court endeavors to adhere to precedent unless clearly convinced a rule of law established in its…