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- Title: State Ex Rel. Owens v. Hodge
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 27, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an original proceeding in mandamus brought by Clark V. Owens, District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District, Sedgwick County, against district court judge Ray Hodge. In his petition, petitioner prays for an order directing the respondent, Ray Hodge, to withdraw and strike from the court files an order in a criminal case placing William C. Hames on probation. By reason of his interest in the action, William C. Hames was also named as a respondent in the petition. The basic question presented in the case is whether a district court in Kansas loses jurisdiction to act upon a motion for reduction of a sentence or for probation under K.S.A. 21-4603(3) (Ensley) at the expiration of the applicable 120-day period, even though a motion for reduction of sentence or for probation was timely filed by the defendant within that time period. Before considering this issue, we should consider the respondents' [230 Kan. 805]