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STATE v. ARROCHA

No. 100,588.

217 P.3d 467 (2009)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. John L. ARROCHA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

October 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bartee, of Michael J. Bartee, P.A., of Olathe, for appellant.

Steven J. Obermeier, assistant district attorney, Stephen M. Howe, district attorney, and Steve Six, attorney general, for appellee.

Before RULON, C.J., ELLIOTT AND HILL, JJ.

HILL, J.:

This appeal presents the question of whether a district court can legally add, by journal entry, a postrelease supervision term to a criminal sentence already pronounced from the bench. The law directs the sentencing court to pronounce the complete sentence at the sentencing hearing where the defendant is present. Criminal sentences have two parts, a period of confinement and a period of postrelease supervision. Because the court here did not pronounce the...

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