State v. Bolin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

These two consolidated cases require interpretation of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA), K.S.A. 21-4701 et seq.

Michael Bolin and Michael Woodward seek review of the Court of Appeals decisions affirming their sentences. Both cases concern the definition of a “multiple conviction case” under K.S.A. 21-4720(b). We granted both defendants’ petitions for review to reconcile conflicting definitions of the term “multiple conviction case” under K.S.A. 21-4720(b). The conflict arises from two Court of Appeals decisions: State v. Bolin, 24…