State v. Lofton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, C.J.:

In 1984, Jackie Lofton was convicted by jury trial of rape (K.S.A. 21-3502 [Ensley 1981]), kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3420 [Ensley 1981]), and battery (K.S.A. 21-3412 [Ensley 1981]), two class B felonies and one class B misdemeanor, respectively, for which he received two 15-years to life sentences plus 6 months in the county jail. All sentences were to run consecutively. His convictions were affirmed by this court on December 6,1985, in an unpublished opinion, State v. Lofton, No. 57,500.

On February 11, 2000, defendant filed a pro se motion…