State v. Ward
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The Supreme Court remanded this case to the court of appeals for consideration of State v. Roat, __ P.3d __ (No. 113,531, this day decided), holding that because the court of appeals did not have the advantage of Roat when it dismissed Defendant's appeal as moot, remand was required.
In 2013, Defendant pleaded no contest to one count of criminal threat and two counts of assault against the victim. The district court later revoked Defendant's probation. While Defendant was serving his second round of probation, he committed acts that led to his later conviction for criminal threat. Defendant later filed Kan. Stat. Ann. 60-1507 motion, which the court summarily dismissed. Defendant appealed, characterizing his original motion as both a section 60-1507 motion and a motion to correct an illegal sentence. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal as moot because Defendant had completed his sentence. The Supreme Court remanded the case, holding that, under Roat, the completion of a sentence does not necessarily render a case moot, and courts must carefully analyze whether dismissal would affect an asserted right.
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