Opinion ID: 2609442
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Multiple Conviction Case Under K.S.A. 21-4720

Text: For his third claim of error, Koehn argues that because the district court imposed sentence and revoked probation in three other cases at the same time, his was a multiple conviction case as defined in K.S.A. 21-4720. Koehn reasons that the district court erred by applying his full criminal history when imposing sentence on the new crimes. In support of his argument, he relies on State v. Christensen, 23 Kan. App.2d 910, 937 P.2d 1239 (1997). We have disapproved the Christensen reasoning on which Koehn relies. See State v. Bolin, 266 Kan. 18, 968 P.2d 1104 (1998). The Court of Appeals found no merit in Koehn's argument. Koehn was sentenced on only one case. His probation was revoked in three other cases. Koehn's sentencing and probation revocation is not a multiple conviction case under K.S.A. 21-4720, because he was neither sentenced nor even resentenced on the three prior cases. Rather, the term multiple conviction case refers to sentencing on multiple convictions from one charging document. State v. Roderick, 259 Kan. 107, Syl. ¶ 3, 911 P.2d 159 (1996) (holding a multiple conviction case in K.S.A. 21-4720[b][4] applies to sentencing on multiple convictions arising from multiple counts within a single charging document and not to sentencing on multiple convictions on the same date in different cases). Revoking probation and sentencing Koehn on a new conviction the same day is not a multiple conviction case under K.S.A. 21-4720(b). We affirm the Court of Appeals: (1) K.S.A. 21-4608(c) rather than K.S.A. 21-4608(a) controls when probation is revoked and a defendant is sentenced on a new conviction the same day; (2) the district court is not required to give reasons for denying departure to a defendant under K.S.A. 21-4718(a)(2); and (3) the facts here do not involve a K.S.A. 21-4720(b) multiple conviction case. Affirmed.