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STATE v. BAPTIST

No. 105,146.

280 P.3d 210 (2012)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Phillip James BAPTIST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

July 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina M. Waugh , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, was on the brief for appellant.

Steven J. Obermeier , assistant district attorney, Stephen M. Howe , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LUCKERT, J.:

Phillip Baptist pleaded no contest to the off-grid crime of rape of a child under the age of 14. The district court imposed a hard 25 life sentence under Jessica's Law, K.S.A. 21-4643(a)(1)(B), meaning Baptist would only be eligible for parole after serving 25 years in prison, and also imposed lifetime postrelease supervision. Now, on direct appeal, Baptist raises three sentencing issues.

First, he argues...

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