Court Opinion

ID: 9459294
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:16:27.622877+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:06.545198
License: Public Domain

LEWIS, Chief Judge
(concurring in the result).
I concur in the result reached by the majority opinion but only because the penalty for assault under 18 U.S.C. § 113(c) is less severe than the penalty under Kan.Stat.Ann. §§ 21-3410(a), 21-4501 (d).1 The relief given is appropriate under the posture of the case as presented to us and consistent with fundamental fairness. However the rationale of the main opinion would appear to require imposition of the federal sentence in any case where a plea (as here) or a conviction occurs for a state defined included offense that falls within the bounds of a federal statutory offense. I would hold open for future consideration the nature of appropriate relief or sentence when and if a case arises where the federal sentence is more severe.

. This analysis does not consider the possible imposition of a fine up to $1,000.00 under 18 U.S.C. § 113(c).