State v. Storer

Leben, J.:

When Andrew Storer was sentenced in 2009 for aggravated robbery and marijuana possession, he no doubt focused on one key question: Will the judge give me probation?

The answer wasn’t a foregone conclusion. Based on the serious nature of the offense and Storer s past convictions, Kansas sentencing guidelines provided a presumptive prison sentence, not probation. But the parties jointly recommended probation based on a plea agreement. The judge went along with the plea agreement, sentencing Storer to 36 months of probation with an underlying 216-month (18-year) prison sentence that…