Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 21-4608 (2026)

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21-4608.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4608; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 8; L. 1982, ch. 150, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 123, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 113, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 92, § 24; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 243; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 272; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 47; L. 2008, ch. 183, § 3; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 174 cases (18 in the last 5 years), 1971–2026 · leading case: State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015).
State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015). · cites it 74× “21-4720 states: "(a) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) of K.S.A. 21-4608 and amendments thereto regarding multiple sentences shall apply to the sentencing of offenders for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, pursuant to the sentencing…”
State v. Huff, 83 P.3d 206 (Kan. 2004). · cites it 21× “However, when the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4608 are considered in context of the Code, those Kansas statutes defining misdemeanor crimes outside the Code, and in the light of Kansas case law, the conclusion that K.”
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 24× “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 14× “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
Martin v. Kansas Parole Bd., 255 P.3d 9 (Kan. 2011). · cites it 23× “Shortly after his release, the Kansas Legislature passed an amendment to K.S.A. 21-4608, which impacted Martin’s previously imposed postrelease expiration date by extending it nearly 11 years.”
Hudson v. State, 42 P.3d 150 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 19× “: Pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(5), petitioner Shelia' Hudson received no credit for time spent on parole on the aggregate sentence imposed when she committed a new offense while on parole.”
Love v. State, 124 P.3d 32 (Kan. 2005). · cites it 13× “a) (now [f]) provided: “When a new felony is committed while the offender is incarcerated and serving a sentence for a felony or while the offender is on probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, parole, conditional release, or post-release supervision…”
State v. Reed, 703 P.2d 756 (Kan. 1985). · cites it 18× “Prior to 1982, K.S.A. 21-4608 covered the subject of multiple sentences, including the imposition of concurrent and consecutive sentences.”
Oregon v. Ice, 555 U.S. 160 (2009). · cites it 2× “16 (2007)); Kansas ( Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4608 (2007));Mississippi (Miss.”
State v. Mitchell, 162 P.3d 18 (Kan. 2007). · cites it 5× “21-4608 when the district court is sentencing habitual offenders.”
State v. Taylor, 319 P.3d 1256 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 6× “We remand for the district court to determine whether Taylor was on release in 87 CR 412 when the crimes in this case were committed and whether K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 21-4608(4) applied. And based on that determination, the district court may have to conduct further proceedings as…”
Thomas v. Hannigan, 6 P.3d 933 (Kan. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 18× “" The trial court denied the State's motion to alter, amend, or vacate judgment, which alleged the effect of amendments to K.S.A. 21-4608 did not result in an ex post facto application of the law.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(1) — 27 cases
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
State v. Royse, 845 P.2d 44 (Kan. 1993).
State v. Adkins, 689 P.2d 880 (Kan. 1984).
State v. Mitchell, 162 P.3d 18 (Kan. 2007). “21-4608 when the district court is sentencing habitual offenders.”
State v. Howard, 198 P.3d 146 (Kan. 2008).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(1)(5) — 1 case
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(2) — 4 cases
State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015). “21-4720 states: "(a) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) of K.S.A. 21-4608 and amendments thereto regarding multiple sentences shall apply to the sentencing of offenders for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, pursuant to the sentencing…”
State v. Bell, 631 P.2d 254 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981).
State v. Turner (Kan. Ct. App. 2026).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(3) — 20 cases
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
State v. Keeler, 710 P.2d 1279 (Kan. 1985).
Love v. State, 124 P.3d 32 (Kan. 2005). “a) (now [f]) provided: “When a new felony is committed while the offender is incarcerated and serving a sentence for a felony or while the offender is on probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, parole, conditional release, or post-release supervision…”
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
State v. Ashley, 693 P.2d 1168 (Kan. 1985).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(3)(e) — 2 cases
Thomas v. Hannigan, 6 P.3d 933 (Kan. Ct. App. 2000). “" The trial court denied the State's motion to alter, amend, or vacate judgment, which alleged the effect of amendments to K.S.A. 21-4608 did not result in an ex post facto application of the law.”
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(4) — 11 cases
State v. Taylor, 319 P.3d 1256 (Kan. 2014). “We remand for the district court to determine whether Taylor was on release in 87 CR 412 when the crimes in this case were committed and whether K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 21-4608(4) applied. And based on that determination, the district court may have to conduct further proceedings as…”
State v. Reed, 703 P.2d 756 (Kan. 1985). “Prior to 1982, K.S.A. 21-4608 covered the subject of multiple sentences, including the imposition of concurrent and consecutive sentences.”
State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015). “21-4720 states: "(a) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) of K.S.A. 21-4608 and amendments thereto regarding multiple sentences shall apply to the sentencing of offenders for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, pursuant to the sentencing…”
State v. Daniels, 853 P.2d 65 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993).
State v. Owens, 875 P.2d 1007 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(5) — 6 cases
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
State v. Hutchison, 615 P.2d 138 (Kan. 1980).
State v. Henning, 599 P.2d 318 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979).
State v. Reed, 703 P.2d 756 (Kan. 1985). “Prior to 1982, K.S.A. 21-4608 covered the subject of multiple sentences, including the imposition of concurrent and consecutive sentences.”
State v. Sylva, 795 P.2d 947 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(6) — 2 cases
State v. Jenkins, 690 P.2d 396 (Kan. Ct. App. 1984).
State v. King, 793 P.2d 1267 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(6)(a) — 2 cases
State v. Richard, 681 P.2d 612 (Kan. 1984).
State v. McCloud, 883 P.2d 775 (Kan. 1994).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(6)(c) — 1 case
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(6)(d) — 5 cases
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
State v. Williams, 856 P.2d 158 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993).
State v. Fowler, 710 P.2d 1268 (Kan. 1985).
State v. Palmer, 942 P.2d 19 (Kan. 1997).
State v. Jenkins, 690 P.2d 396 (Kan. Ct. App. 1984).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(6)(e) — 4 cases
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
State v. Keeler, 710 P.2d 1279 (Kan. 1985).
State v. Williams, 856 P.2d 158 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993).
Thomas v. Hannigan, 6 P.3d 933 (Kan. Ct. App. 2000). “" The trial court denied the State's motion to alter, amend, or vacate judgment, which alleged the effect of amendments to K.S.A. 21-4608 did not result in an ex post facto application of the law.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(7) — 1 case
State v. Daniels, 853 P.2d 65 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(8) — 3 cases
State v. Aleman, 830 P.2d 64 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992).
State v. Tillman, 858 P.2d 1219 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993).
State v. Manning, 947 P.2d 452 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(a) — 27 cases
State v. Huff, 83 P.3d 206 (Kan. 2004). “However, when the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4608 are considered in context of the Code, those Kansas statutes defining misdemeanor crimes outside the Code, and in the light of Kansas case law, the conclusion that K.”
State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015). “21-4720 states: "(a) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) of K.S.A. 21-4608 and amendments thereto regarding multiple sentences shall apply to the sentencing of offenders for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, pursuant to the sentencing…”
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
State v. Jackson, 936 P.2d 761 (Kan. 1997).
Love v. State, 124 P.3d 32 (Kan. 2005). “a) (now [f]) provided: “When a new felony is committed while the offender is incarcerated and serving a sentence for a felony or while the offender is on probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, parole, conditional release, or post-release supervision…”
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(b) — 2 cases
State v. Beard, 49 P.3d 492 (Kan. 2002).
State v. Dillard, 890 P.2d 1248 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(c) — 21 cases
Love v. State, 124 P.3d 32 (Kan. 2005). “a) (now [f]) provided: “When a new felony is committed while the offender is incarcerated and serving a sentence for a felony or while the offender is on probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, parole, conditional release, or post-release supervision…”
State v. Dunham, 472 P.3d 604 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “The legislature at the 1982 session enacted what is now K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-4608 to require mandatory consecutive sentences in certain cases.”
State v. Hilton, 286 P.3d 871 (Kan. 2012).
State v. Hall, 195 P.3d 220 (Kan. 2008).
State v. McCallum, 895 P.2d 1258 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(d) — 10 cases
State v. Bricker, 252 P.3d 118 (Kan. 2011).
State v. Arculeo, 933 P.2d 122 (Kan. 1997).
State v. Vaughn, 472 P.3d 1139 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Cato-Perry, 332 P.3d 191 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014).
Wilkinson v. State, 195 P.3d 278 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(e) — 2 cases
Martin v. Kansas Parole Bd., 255 P.3d 9 (Kan. 2011). “Shortly after his release, the Kansas Legislature passed an amendment to K.S.A. 21-4608, which impacted Martin’s previously imposed postrelease expiration date by extending it nearly 11 years.”
State v. Manning, 947 P.2d 452 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(e)(2) — 4 cases
Martin v. Kansas Parole Bd., 255 P.3d 9 (Kan. 2011). “Shortly after his release, the Kansas Legislature passed an amendment to K.S.A. 21-4608, which impacted Martin’s previously imposed postrelease expiration date by extending it nearly 11 years.”
O'Quinn v. Zmuda (Kan. Ct. App. 2025).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(f) — 5 cases
Price v. State, 21 P.3d 1021 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001).
State v. Mebane, 91 P.3d 1175 (Kan. 2004).
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
Price v. Simmons, 71 P.3d 1164 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002).
Frost v. Norwood, 437 P.3d 1034 (Kan. Ct. App. 2019).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(f)(3) — 4 cases
Price v. State, 21 P.3d 1021 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001).
Price v. Simmons, 71 P.3d 1164 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002).
State v. Ewing (Kan. Ct. App. 2021).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(f)(4) — 5 cases
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
Blomeyer v. State Ex Rel. Morrison, 915 P.2d 790 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996).
McKinney v. State, 9 P.3d 600 (Kan. Ct. App. 2000).
Carnes v. Hannigan, 3 P.3d 548 (Kan. Ct. App. 1999).
Smith v. McKune, 59 P.3d 1038 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(f)(5) — 3 cases
Hudson v. State, 42 P.3d 150 (Kan. 2002). “: Pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(5), petitioner Shelia' Hudson received no credit for time spent on parole on the aggregate sentence imposed when she committed a new offense while on parole.”
Anderson v. Bruce, 50 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2002). “” Anderson points out that the same legislature that amended K.S.A. 21-4608 to deny prisoner’s credit for time spent on parole did not amend K.”
State v. Theis, 936 P.2d 710 (Kan. 1997).
— K.S.A. § 21-4608(h) — 3 cases
State v. Quested, 352 P.3d 553 (Kan. 2015). “21-4720 states: "(a) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (h) of K.S.A. 21-4608 and amendments thereto regarding multiple sentences shall apply to the sentencing of offenders for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, pursuant to the sentencing…”
State v. Chronister, 903 P.2d 1345 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
State v. Manning, 947 P.2d 452 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
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