Supreme Court of Kansas April 29, 2016, No. 113,562 (State v. Lee)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

The State of Kansas appeals from an order by the district court that granted Amoneo D. Lee’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. Lee was convicted by a jury for a 1995 murder, and the judge imposed a life sentence without the possibility of parole for 40 years. The conviction was affirmed by this court in State v. Lee, 266 Kan. 804, 977 P.