STATE v. THOMAS, JR.

No. 80,269.

26 Kan. App.2d 171 (1999)

981 P.2d 1178

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SAM THOMAS, JR., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Getty, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for the appellant.

Jenna Knudson, legal intern, Elizabeth Rogers, assistant district attorney, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before GERNON, P.J., PIERRON, J., and PAUL E. MILLER, District Judge, assigned.


PIERRON, J.:

Sam Thomas, Jr., appeals the district court's probation order confining him until an opening was available in the community corrections residential program. Thomas argues the court had no authority to indefinitely confine him pending placement in the community corrections residential program.

The facts are not in dispute. On September 18, 1995, Thomas pled guilty to possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a tax stamp...

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