Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111 and 2024 Special Session Acts Chapter 4
Section 21-6806 - Sentences of imprisonment, good time; pronouncement of sentence in felony cases; off-grid crimes(a) Sentences of imprisonment shall represent the time a person shall actually serve, subject to a reduction of the primary sentence for good time as authorized by K.S.A. 21-6821, and amendments thereto.(b) The sentencing court shall pronounce sentence in all felony cases.(c) Violations of K.S.A. 21-5401, 21-5402, 21-5421, 21-5422 and 21-5901, and amendments thereto, are off-grid crimes for the purpose of sentencing. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 21-6617, 21-6618, 21-6619, 21-6622, 21-6624, 21-6625, 21-6628 and 21-6629, and amendments thereto, the sentence shall be imprisonment for life and shall not be subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentence, community service or probation.(d) As identified in K.S.A. 21-5426, 21-5503, 21-5504, 21-5506, 21-5510, 21-5514 and 21-6422, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is under 14 years of age, such violations are off-grid crimes for the purposes of sentencing. Except as provided in K.S.A. 21-6626, and amendments thereto, the sentence shall be imprisonment for life pursuant to K.S.A. 21-6627, and amendments thereto.Amended by L. 2017, ch. 78,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by L. 2013, ch. 120,§ 22, eff. 7/1/2013.L. 1992, ch. 239, § 6; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 256; L. 1994, ch. 252, § 8; L. 1995, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 158, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 164, § 18; L. 2006, ch. 146, § 8; L. 2006, ch. 212, § 17; L. 2007, ch. 197, § 2; July 1; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 287, July 1, 2011.