The opinion of the court was delivered by BILES, J.:
Issac Duncan seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming his upward durational departure sentence ordered after a plea agreement. He argues the departure sentence is illegal because the trial court did not empanel a jury to determine whether aggravating factors existed to justify the upward departure as required by K.S.A. 21-4718 and Apprendi v. New Jersey,
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