State v. Turner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

Jason L. Turner was convicted of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 21-3401) and kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3420) upon acceptance of his nolo contendere pleas. He received a life sentence for the murder conviction and a 10 year to life sentence for the kidnapping conviction, said sentences to be served consecutively. For his sole issue on appeal, defendant contends that the running of the sentences consecutively constitutes an abuse of judicial discretion. We do not agree.

The facts may be summarized as follows. Defendant and Nathaniel…