State v. Hunter

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 128,056 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CHARLES C. HUNTER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Whether a sentence is illegal is a question of law over which appellate courts exercise unlimited review. A court may correct an illegal sentence at any time while the defendant is serving the sentence. 2. An order of commitment under K.S.A. 22-3430 cannot simultaneously be imposed with an underlying Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act prison sentence, because commitment is a process done in lieu of sentencing. Review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals…