2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 21. - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 46. - SENTENCING
21-4632 Defendants sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; judgment form, content; documents and other reports to accompany defendant; crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993.

21-4632. Defendants sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; judgment form, content; documents and other reports to accompany defendant; crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993. (a) If the defendant is to be sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections, the court may prepare a judgment form which shall be signed by the court and filed with the clerk.  If prepared, the judgment form shall reflect the conviction, the sentence and the commitment, and shall contain the following:

(1) The pronouncement of guilt including:

(A) The title of the crime;

(B) the statute violated; and

(C) the date the offense occurred.

(2) The sentence imposed including:

(A) The severity level of the crime of conviction, criminal history designation and grid block or departure sentence;

(B) if applicable, a description of any increase in sentence because of departure criteria;

(C) if applicable, a statement that this defendant has been convicted of severity levels 1 through 5 by reason of aiding, abetting, advising or counseling another to commit a crime, or by reason of the principle provided in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 21-3205 and amendments thereto;

(D) a statement of the effective date of the sentence indicating whether it is the date of imposition or some date earlier to give credit for time confined pending disposition of the case pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4614 and amendments thereto or credit for time on probation or assignment to community corrections pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4614a and amendments thereto.

(3) The order of commitment to the custody of the secretary, if not issued as a separate order.

(b) The court may attach to or include in the judgment form any of the following:

(1) A statement of reasons for imposing a departure sentence;

(2) a description of aggravating or mitigating circumstances the court took into consideration when ordering the commitment;

(3) the copy of the evidence from trial or part thereof transmitted pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5219 and amendments thereto.

(c) The court shall forward a copy of all complaints, supporting affidavits, county and district attorney reports, presentence investigation reports and other diagnostic reports on the offender received by the district court, including any reports received from the state security hospital, to the officer having the offender in custody for delivery with the offender to the correctional institution.