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STATE v. FINLEY

No. 68,221

18 Kan. App. 2d 419 (1993)

854 P.2d 315

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MICHAEL WAYNE FINLEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean K. Gilles Phillips, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for the appellant.

John K. Bork and Jalynn Copp, assistant attorneys general, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before BRISCOE, C.J., LEWIS and PIERRON, JJ.

BRISCOE, C.J.:

Michael Wayne Finley appeals the length of his commitment to Larned State Security Hospital. After finding Finley was in need of psychiatric care and treatment, the court ordered him committed to Larned State Security Hospital for a period not to exceed three years. Finley argues the trial court only had authority under K.S.A. 22-3430 to commit him for a maximum period of one year because that is the "maximum term"

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