STATE v. SEWARD

No. 104,098.

297 P.3d 272 (2013)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Roy SEWARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel L. Pickering , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, was on the briefs for appellant.

Christina Trocheck , assistant county attorney, Ellen Mitchell , county attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.


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

Defendant Roy Seward appeals his sentences following his guilty pleas to one count of rape and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy for acts committed against his stepdaughter. The district court judge sentenced Seward to concurrent hard 25 life sentences under Jessica's Law, K.S.A. 21-4643(a)(1)(B) and (D) (now K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-6627), and to lifetime postrelease supervision.

Seward argues that his...

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