Supreme Court of Kansas· 3/5/1993

State v. Ruff

Citations

847 P.2d 1258
252 Kan. 625
1993 Kan. LEXIS 23

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stating that an illegal sentence is one imposed by a court without jurisdiction, one which does not conform to statutory provision in either term or character, or one which is ambiguous
dismissing State's appeal of defendant's probation sentence for lack of jurisdiction in part because the sentence was legal
prosecutorial exhortation for the jury to \'not allow this conduct to be tolerated in our county'\ constituted reversible prosecutorial misconduct
improper for State to urge jury to “not allow [the defendant’s alleged] conduct to be tolerated in our county”
improper for State to urge jury to 'not allow [the defendant's alleged] conduct to be tolerated in our county'
sentence illegal if, among other things, imposed by a court without jurisdiction

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Judges: Lockett

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