{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6806","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-6806","heading":"Sentences of imprisonment, good time; pronouncement of sentence in felony cases; off-grid crimes.","body":"(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. 21-6821, and amendments thereto.\n(b) The sentencing court shall pronounce sentence in all felony cases.\n(c) Violations of K.S.A. 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. 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.\n(d) As identified in K.S.A. 21-5426, 21-5503, 21-5504, 21-5506, 21-5510, 21-5514 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. 21-6626, and amendments thereto, the sentence shall be imprisonment for life pursuant to K.S.A. 21-6627, and amendments thereto.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 68.—REVISED SENTENCING GUIDELINES"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_068_0006.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:13Z","sha256":"61258f026d0484f2ea8d2fa447f2414df9c35a3a7d9ee6e8a490c250f1ed88fd","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6805","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6807"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}