Brief (1)
SB 488 clarifies the criminal sentencing law to provide that if the primary crime of conviction in a multiple crime conviction case is reversed, the appellate court is required to remand the case to district court for re-sentencing. At the re-sentencing, the district court must start over by assigning a new primary crime, including the full criminal history on that crime and then compute the sentence on all the remaining convictions at the least severe criminal history category.
Background
The bill was requested by the Kansas Sentencing Commission as a needed clarification of the law.
The bill has no fiscal impact on the state.
1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/bill_search.html