STATE v. ROYSE

No. 67,748

252 Kan. 394 (1993)

845 P.2d 44

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DANIEL RAY ROYSE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca E. Woodman, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Wendy L. Rhyne Slayton, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, were on the briefs for appellant.

Ann L. Smith, county attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with her on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LOCKETT, J.:

The district judge imposed maximum sentences of 15 years to life on each count of second-degree murder, but failed to state whether the sentences were to run concurrently or consecutively. Subsequently, the trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively. Royse appeals, claiming the district judge had no jurisdiction at that time to enhance his sentence by ordering the sentences be served consecutively...

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