State v. Louis

No. 121,572 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CAESAR K. LOUIS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Postsentencing, a district court may set aside a conviction and allow a defendant to withdraw a plea to correct manifest injustice. But a defendant must bring a postsentencing motion to withdraw plea within one year after the termination of appellate jurisdiction of the defendant's direct appeal. This time limit may be extended only upon an additional, affirmative showing of excusable neglect by the defendant. 2. Excusable neglect is a failure—which the…