State v. Murray

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

In State v. Murray, 293 Kan. 1051, 271 P.3d 739 (2012) (Murray I), we remanded this case for a determination of Randall A. Murray s motion to correct an illegal sentence. In his motion, he argued the district court lacked jurisdiction to convict him because it failed to suspend proceedings after ordering a competency examination in the underlying criminal case. On remand, the district court determined: (1) a competency hearing had not been conducted; (2) a retrospective competency hearing was feasible; and (3) Murray had been competent when…