- (a) Sentences of imprisonment shall represent the time a person shall actually serve, subject to a reduction of the primary sentence for good time as authorized by K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-6821, and amendments thereto.
- (b) The sentencing court shall pronounce sentence in all felony cases.
- (c) Violations of K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-5401, 21-5402, 21-5421, 21-5422 and 21-5901, and amendments thereto, are off-grid crimes for the purpose of sentencing. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-6617, 21-6618, 21-6619, 21-6622, 21-6624, 21-6625, 21-6628 and 21-6629, and amendments thereto, the sentence shall be imprisonment for life and shall not be subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentence, community service or probation.
- (d) As identified in K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-5426, 21-5503, 21-5504, 21-5506, 21-5510 and 21-6422, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is under 14 years of age, such violations are off-grid crimes for the purposes of sentencing. Except as provided in K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-6626, and amendments thereto, the sentence shall be imprisonment for life pursuant to K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-6627, and amendments thereto.
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 287; L. 2013, ch. 120, § 22; July 1.