Opinion ID: 1444288
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Heading: Woodward's Case

Text: Woodward's case is remanded for resentencing consistent with State v. Arculeo, 261 Kan. 286, 933 P.2d 122 (1997) (holding that a defendant committing crimes while released on bond is not on conditional release under K.S.A. 21-4603d). A district judge is not allowed to impose a prison term where presumptive nonimprisonment is provided for in the KSGA absent a departure. The district court sentenced Woodward to a prison term because Woodward committed a presumptive nonimprisonment crime while on bond. The Court of Appeals in Woodward held Arculeo controlled, and the district court erred in sentencing Woodward to prison based solely on his being on bond. However, the Court of Appeals upheld the resulting sentence, applying Christensen to K.S.A. 21-4720(b)(6) ([i]f the sentence for the primary crime is a prison term, the entire imprisonment term of the consecutive sentences will be served in prison). K.S.A. 21-4720(b)(6) does not apply to Woodward as a result of our extension of Roderick. Thus, the district court had no statutory basis for imposing a prison term in a presumptive nonimprisonment case absent a departure. We affirm the Court of Appeals decision in Bolin, disapprove the conflicting language in Christensen, and reverse and remand Woodward for resentencing consistent with Arculeo.