CLARK, J.:
The issue here is whether defendant has a right to make a statement to the court during that portion of a criminal proceeding known as allocution. K.S.A. 22-3422.
The trial court refused defendant's request to make a statement during allocution. We vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing consistent with this opinion.
The law controlling the case is found at K.S.A. 22-3424(4). That part pertinent here is this:
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