State v. Warrior

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding constitutional challenge to sentencing procedures could not be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence
• holding K.S.A. 22-3504\does not cover a claim that a sentence violates a constitutional provision\
• stating Kansas’s version of Rule 35(a) “does not cover a claim that a sentence violates a constitutional provision”
• defining an illegal sentence to include a sentence that does not conform to the applicable statutory provision, either in the character or the term of authorized punishment
• finding a motion to correct an illegal sentence is not the proper procedural vehicle to challenge the constitutionality of a sentence, so court was correct to deny the motion
• Warrior's motion to correct illegal sentence was not the appropriate mechanism to challenge the procedures used to impose her hard 50 life sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-04-29· cited 185×
• State v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2016-03-04· cited 38×
• State v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2016-06-24· cited 32×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-01-10· cited 19×
• State v. Donahue
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-02-08· cited 16×
• State v. Hayes
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-03-05· cited 12×
• State v. Vasquez
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2016-04-29· cited 11×
• State v. Samuel
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-01-11· cited 8×
• State v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2016-09-30· cited 7×
• State v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-03-08· cited 5×
• State v. Wallette
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2025-11-05· cited 1×
• State v. Angelo
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-04-21
• State v. McAlister
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2017-04-28
• State v. McAlister - (Corrected - May 3, 2017)
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2017-04-28
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-05-12
• Kirtdoll v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-05-12
• State v. Glaze
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2019-07-12
• State v. Martis
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-10-11
• State v. Denney
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2026-01-16
• State v. Hartman
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-09-05

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Alleyne v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
• State v. Dickey
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-05-22· cited 422×
• State v. Trotter
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-03-08· cited 243×
• State v. McCaslin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-01-21· cited 177×
• State v. Soto
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-04-11· cited 135×
• State v. WARRIOR
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-05-11· cited 121×
• Makthepharak v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-12-27· cited 87×
• State v. Warren
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-08-28· cited 63×
• State v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2007-06-22· cited 58×