Opinion ID: 2453630
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Heading: Sentence to the Highest Term in a Presumptive Grid Block

Text: Hernandez argues that it was error for the trial court to sentence him to the high or aggravated sentence in the grid box for aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and burglary without a finding of the aggravating factors made by a jury. Under K.S.A. 21-4721(c)(1), an appellate court is without jurisdiction to consider a challenge to a presumptive sentence, even if that sentence is to the highest term in a presumptive grid block. State v. Johnson, 286 Kan. 824, Syl. ¶ 6, 190 P.3d 207 (2008). As we noted in Johnson, we have consistently found that a sentence that falls within the grid box is constitutional and may be considered a presumptive sentence; therefore, the appellate courts lack jurisdiction to consider such sentences. Johnson, 286 Kan. at 842, 190 P.3d 207.