State v. Coleman

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 120,246 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CURTIS L. COLEMAN JR., Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. In postconviction sentence modification proceedings there must be a procedural vehicle for presenting an argument to the court. 2. The rule of law declared in Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99, 133 S. Ct. 2151,

186 L. Ed. 2d 314

(2013), that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires any fact which increases a sentence beyond the mandatory minimum must be submitted to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt, cannot be…