STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 106,166.

319 P.3d 528 (2014)

298 Kan. 1075

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Steven WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel L. Pickering , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Matthew J. Edge and Deborah Hughes , of the same office, were on the briefs for appellant.

Patrick J. Hurley , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Jessica Dotter , legal intern, Charles E. Branson , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


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

Steven A. Williams pleaded guilty to rape of a child and sexual exploitation of a child. He directly appeals the lifetime postrelease supervision portion of his sexual exploitation sentence. He argues lifetime postrelease supervision is a cruel and/or unusual punishment under § 9 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution when applied to first-time offenders...

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