Supreme Court of Kansas

State v. Smith

March 12, 2021482 P.3d 586

Summary

The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Shelbert Smith's motion to appeal out of time under the third Ortiz exception and held that the district court correctly limited its consideration to issues within the scope of the prior Smith II mandate. The Court also affirmed that Smith's newly raised first Ortiz exception claim and argument about a missing journal entry were beyond the mandate's scope.