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COOPER v. WERHOLTZ

No. 90,558

277 Kan. 250 (2004)

83 P.3d 1212

MANFORD COOPER, Appellee, v. ROGER WERHOLTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Opinion filed January 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Smith, special assistant attorney general, was on the brief for appellant.

Charles J. Cavenee, of Legal Services for Prisoners, Inc., was on the brief for appellee.

The opinion was delivered by

LUCKERT, J.:

In 1988, Manford Cooper was convicted of a single class A felony and received a life sentence, which was tripled pursuant to the Habitual Criminal Act, K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 21-4504. The Department of Corrections (DOC) informed Cooper, an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility, that he would be eligible for parole in October 2002, at which time he would have served 15 years of imprisonment. Later, DOC advised Cooper...

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