McPHERSON v. STATE

No. 96,314.

163 P.3d 1257 (2007)

Ronnie L. McPHERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Kansas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

August 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Holland II and Michael S. Holland, of Holland and Holland, of Russell, for appellant.

Brenda J. Clary, assistant district attorney, Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.

Before GREEN, P.J., ELLIOTT and HILL, JJ.


HILL, J.

In order to receive an anticipated two-thirds sentence reduction, Ronnie L. McPherson entered into a plea bargain and pled no contest to one count of attempted second-degree unintentional murder. This appeal presents the question whether McPherson can now collaterally attack his plea and sentence because our Supreme Court has decided that crime does not exist under current Kansas law. This calls into question the legal effect of entering a plea. We recognize...

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