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State v. Zongker

Court of Appeals of Kansas
Apr 30, 2021
No. 122 (Kan. Ct. App. Apr. 30, 2021)

Opinion

122 632

04-30-2021

State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Adrian N. Zongker, Appellant.


NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; Seth L. Rundle, judge.

Submitted by the parties for summary disposition pursuant to K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 21-6820(g) and (h).

Before Bruns, P.J., Green and Atcheson, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

The Sedgwick County District Court sentenced Defendant Adrian Zongker to 17 months in prison and placed him on postrelease supervision for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He was on probation when he committed the crime, and the district court ordered that he serve the underlying prison sentence. Zongker has appealed the sentence. Because the punishment conforms to the sentencing guidelines and the plea agreement, we have no statutory authority to consider the appeal. We, therefore, dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Zongker has filed a motion for summary disposition pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 7.041A (2020 Kan. S.Ct. R. 47). In his motion, Zongker argues that the district court abused its discretion by imposing the sentence contemplated by the plea agreement instead of considering whether a downward dispositional departure sentence to probation or a durational departure to a shorter term of incarceration was warranted. But he acknowledges that this court lacks jurisdiction to review either a presumptive sentence or a sentence consistent with an agreement between the State and the defendant. K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-6820(c). Zongker's sentence fits in both categories. See K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-6604(f)(1) (providing that a court's imposition of imprisonment instead of a presumptive term of probation does not constitute a departure where the defendant committed the new crime while on probation); K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 22-3716(c)(5) (same). Accordingly, we must dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Appeal dismissed.


Summaries of

State v. Zongker

Court of Appeals of Kansas
Apr 30, 2021
No. 122 (Kan. Ct. App. Apr. 30, 2021)
Case details for

State v. Zongker

Case Details

Full title:State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Adrian N. Zongker, Appellant.

Court:Court of Appeals of Kansas

Date published: Apr 30, 2021

Citations

No. 122 (Kan. Ct. App. Apr. 30, 2021)