State v. Snellings

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

No. 101,378

STATE OF KANSAS,
Appellee,

v.

M.L. SNELLINGS,
Appellant.


SYLLABUS BY THE COURT


1.
Under the principles that govern the identical offense sentencing doctrine, the
elements of the offense of possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with intent to
manufacture a controlled substance as defined in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a), a
severity level 2 drug felony, are identical to the elements of the offense of possession of
drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture a controlled substance as defined in K.S.A.
2007 Supp. 65-4152(a)(3), a severity level 4 drug felony.

2.
Under the principles that govern the identical offense sentencing doctrine, the
elements of the offense of manufacturing methamphetamine as defined in K.S.A. 2007
Supp. 65-4159(a), a severity level 1 felony, are not identical to the elements of the
offense of compounding a controlled substance containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine
as defined in K.S.A. 65-4164(a), a class A misdemeanor.

3.
Use of prior convictions in a criminal defendant's criminal history score to
enhance the defendant's sentence without requiring the history to be included in the
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complaint and proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt does not violate the
defendant's constitutional rights under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S. Ct.
2348, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2000).

Review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion filed May 21, 2010.
Appeal from Reno District Court; JOSEPH L. MCCARVILLE III, judge. Opinion filed April 6, 2012.
Judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming in part and reversing in part the district court is affirmed in
part and reversed in part. Judgment of the district court is affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
with directions.

Randall L. Hodgkinson, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Heather
Cessna, of the same office, was on the brief for appellant.

Thomas R. Stanton, deputy district attorney, argued the cause, and Keith E. Schroeder, district
attorney, and Steve Six, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LUCKERT, J.: M.L. Snellings appeals his sentence, primarily arguing two of his
convictions were assigned the wrong severity level by the sentencing court. In making
this argument, Snellings attempts to apply the identical offense sentencing doctrine.
Under that doctrine, where two offenses have identical elements, an offender can be
sentenced to only the less severe penalty applying to the two offenses. Specifically,
Snellings argues:

(1) An offense of possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with intent to
manufacture a controlled substance as defined in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a), a
severity level 2 drug felony, must be classified as a severity level 4 drug felony because it
has identical elements to the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to
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manufacture a controlled substance as defined in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4152(a)(3),
which is a severity level 4 drug felony; and

(2) An offense of manufacturing methamphetamine as defined in K.S.A. 2007
Supp. 65-4159(a), a severity level 1 drug felony, must be classified as a class A
misdemeanor because it has identical elements to the offense of compounding a
controlled substance containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as defined in K.S.A. 65-
4164(a), a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

We find merit in the first of these arguments and therefore vacate Snellings'
sentence for possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture a
controlled substance and remand for resentencing on this count as a severity level 4 drug
felony. However, we reject the second argument and also reject a third issue raised by
Snellings, which is controlled by our decision in State v. Ivory, 273 Kan. 44, 41 P.3d 781
(2002).

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant Snellings pleaded no contest to eight drug related charges and a ninth
charge of criminal possession of a firearm. At sentencing, the district court made findings
regarding Snellings' criminal history, granted Snellings' motion for a downward
durational sentencing departure, and imposed a controlling term of 144 months'
imprisonment. On direct appeal to the Court of Appeals, Snellings raised several issues,
and the Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for
resentencing. See State v. Snellings, No. 101,378, 2010 WL 2216900 (Kan. App. 2010)
(unpublished opinion).

Snellings filed a petition for review seeking the discretionary review of this court
on only three issues, which we have stated above. This court granted Snellings' petition
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for review and has jurisdiction over these three issues under K.S.A. 22-3602(e) (petition
for review) and K.S.A. 20-3018(b) (same). The other issues considered by the Court of
Appeals are not before us for review. See Supreme Court Rule 8.03(a)(5)(c) (2011 Kan.
Ct. R. Annot. 70) ("Issues not presented in the petition, or fairly included therein, will not
be considered by the court.").

POSSESSION OF EPHEDRINE OR PSEUDOEPHEDRINE

We first consider Snellings' argument that the offense of possession of ephedrine
or pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, defined in K.S.A.
2007 Supp. 65-7006(a), a severity level 2 drug felony, is identical to the offense of
possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture a controlled substance,
defined in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4152(a)(3), a severity level 4 drug felony. K.S.A. 21-
4721(e)(3) grants an appellate court jurisdiction to consider a challenge to the severity
level of the crime, even if the conviction and sentence follow from a plea agreement. See
State v. Thomas, 283 Kan. 796, 805-06, 156 P.3d 1261 (2007).

Identical Offense Sentencing Doctrine

The principle behind the identical offense sentencing doctrine, which is the focus
of Snellings' argument, is: "'Where two criminal offenses have identical elements but are
classified differently for purposes of imposing a penalty, a defendant convicted of either
crime may be sentenced only under the lesser penalty provision.'" State v. Cooper, 285
Kan. 964, 966-67, 179 P.3d 439 (2008) (quoting State v. Nunn, 244 Kan. 207, 229, 768
P.2d 268 [1989]); see State v. Fanning, 281 Kan. 1176, 1180, 135 P.3d 1067 (2006). Two
policy considerations support this doctrine. First, courts cannot rationally interpret the
legislative intent behind the levels of punishment when two statutes prohibit the same
conduct but impose different consequences for engaging in that conduct. Second, the
doctrine prevents a prosecutor from indiscriminately choosing between the statutes in
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charging the offenses and, thus, impermissibly directing the range of sentences. Cooper,
285 Kan. at 968.

This court has explained there are three situations where offenses may have
identical provisions: (1) where one offense is a lesser included offense of the other; (2)
where some provisions in two statutes overlap, the overlapping provisions apply to the
charged crime, and the overlapping provisions are identical except for the penalty
provisions; and (3) where all provisions in two statutes are identical except for the
penalty provisions. The identical offense sentencing doctrine applies to the second and
third situations. State v. Campbell, 279 Kan. 1, 14-15, 106 P.3d 1129 (2005) (quoting 4
LaFave, Israel & King, Criminal Procedure § 13.7[a], pp. 95-99 [2d ed. 1999]).

Snellings' arguments suggest it is the second situation—overlapping statutes—that
applies to his argument. "When two statutes contain overlapping provisions, this court
must examine the facts in order to determine the area of overlap. Once it is determined
which provisions of a statute apply, the only question is whether the overlapping
provisions contain identical elements. That determination is made from the statute."
Cooper, 285 Kan. at 967 (citing Campbell, 279 Kan. 1). This argument requires us to
interpret the relevant statutes, which presents a question of law subject to unlimited
review. Cooper, 285 Kan. at 966.

In Campbell, 279 Kan. 1, this court applied these general principles to prior
versions of the statutes at issue in the present case, K.S.A. 65-7006(a) and K.S.A. 65-
4152(a)(3). The Campbell court held the elements of K.S.A. 65-7006(a) overlapped with
the elements of K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3) and, to the extent of the overlap, the elements were
identical. Applying the identical offense sentencing doctrine, the Campbell court held the
defendant must be sentenced to the less severe penalty of the two identical offenses.
Campbell, 279 Kan. at 16-17. In reaching this decision, the Campbell court approved a
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Court of Appeals decision, State v. Frazier, 30 Kan. App. 2d 398, 42 P.3d 188, rev.
denied 274 Kan. 1115 (2002), which had reached the same result.

After the decision in Campbell, the legislature amended K.S.A. 65-7006(a). The
State argues the amendments removed the overlapping provisions so that the elements of
the two statutes are no longer identical. Snellings argues the legislature failed to remove
all of the overlapping and identical elements, meaning the holdings in Campbell and
Frazier still apply and only the less severe sentence can be imposed. To determine which
of these arguments is correct, we first will consider the basis for the decisions in
Campbell and Frazier and then examine the statutory amendment.

Campbell and Frazier

Campbell, like Snellings, was accused of possessing ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. At the time Campbell
was decided and at the time Snellings committed the crime at issue in this case, K.S.A.
65-7006 provided in part: "(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine, red phosphorus, lithium metal, sodium metal, iodine, anhydrous
ammonia, pressurized ammonia or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers or salts
of isomers with intent to use the product to manufacture a controlled substance." At the
time of the Campbell decision, this offense was classified as a severity level 1 drug
felony. See K.S.A. 65-7006(d). Under the version of the statute in effect when Snellings
acted, it was a severity level 2 drug felony. See K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(f).

Campbell, like Snellings, argued his conviction should be classified as a severity
level 4 drug felony because K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3), a severity level 4 drug felony, had
identical elements to K.S.A. 65-7006. K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3), at the time of both
Campbell's and Snellings' offenses, stated in relevant part: "No person shall . . . possess
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with intent to use . . . (3) any drug paraphernalia to . . . manufacture [or] compound . . . a
controlled substance in violation of the uniform controlled substances act."

In comparing the two statutes, the Campbell court noted there were two
components that had to be identical for the identical offense sentencing doctrine to apply:
(1) the offender had to possess a prohibited item and (2) the offender must intend to use
the item in his or her possession for the purpose of manufacturing a controlled substance.
Because of the charge that was made against Campbell, the specific item at issue was
ephedrine and the manufactured controlled substance was methamphetamine. Thus, for
there to be overlapping and identical elements, both statutes had to prohibit the
possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture
methamphetamine. See Campbell, 279 Kan. at 16. The only way for both statutes to
prohibit this conduct was for ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to be considered "drug
paraphernalia" under K.S.A. 65-4152. The Campbell court concluded ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine fell within the definition of "drug paraphernalia" and, therefore, the
elements overlapped and were identical to the extent of the overlap. The court explained:

"The definition of drug paraphernalia in K.S.A. 65-4150(c) includes 'products and
materials of any kind' which are intended for use in manufacturing a controlled
substance. Thus, the conduct prohibited by K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3) may include a
defendant's act of knowingly possessing a product with the intent to use it to manufacture
a controlled substance. Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are products used in the
manufacture of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. Indeed, in K.S.A. 65-7006(a)
the legislature used the term 'product' as a synonym for ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. In
the circumstances of this case, the elements of the offense were knowingly possessing
ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with the intent to use it to manufacture a controlled
substance. The elements were the same whether Campbell had been charged under the
ephedrine statute or the drug paraphernalia statute. Consequently, he must be sentenced
under the lesser penalty provisions for violation of 65-4152(a)(3)." Campbell, 279 Kan. at
16-17.

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In arguing for this result, Campbell cited and relied on the Court of Appeals
decision in Frazier, 30 Kan. App. 2d 398. The Frazier court had found that because the
list of items in K.S.A. 65-4150(c) contained both the terms "products" and "materials,"
"[e]phedrine and pseudoephedrine fall within the definition of drug paraphernalia
because they are materials used to manufacture a controlled substance." (Emphasis
added.) Frazier, 30 Kan. App. 2d at 404-05. Hence, like the Campbell court, the Frazier
court held the defendant could only be charged with the lesser sentence applicable to
possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture. Frazier, 30 Kan. App. 2d at 405.

2006 Legislative Amendments

Subsequent to the decision in Campbell, the legislature amended the definition of
drug paraphernalia found in K.S.A. 65-4150(c) to remove the word "products." L. 2006,
ch. 194, sec. 33. The amended statute continues to include as drug paraphernalia
"equipment and materials of any kind." (Emphasis added.). K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4150(c). Thus, after the amendment, it is unlawful under K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4152(a)(3) to use or possess with intent to use any equipment and materials of any kind to
manufacture a controlled substance. This amendment was in effect at the time Snellings
committed the offense for which he was convicted.

Relying on Campbell and emphasizing the language used by the Court of Appeals
in Frazier, Snellings argues ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are "materials" used in the
manufacture of a controlled substance. The Court of Appeals panel in this case, relying
on a previous decision by another panel, State v. Dalton, 41 Kan. App. 2d 792, 207 P.3d
257 (2008), rev. denied 287 Kan. 767 (2009), rejected this argument. Snellings, 2010 WL
2216900, at *3. Snellings argues that Dalton was incorrectly decided and the panel in this
case erred in relying on that decision.

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In Dalton, the defendant had argued that red phosphorus qualifies as "materials of
any kind" in the definition of drug paraphernalia under K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 65-4150(c).
The Dalton court rejected this argument, however, reasoning: "Since Campbell, the
legislature has removed the term 'product' from K.S.A. 65-4150(c). [Citation omitted.] By
this enactment, we believe the legislature clearly communicated its intent that drug
paraphernalia does not include the products listed in K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 65-7006(a)."
Dalton, 41 Kan. App. 2d at 795.

The Dalton court also explicitly rejected the argument that a contrary legislative
intent was expressed by the legislature's use of the terms "materials" and "precursor
chemicals" in K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 21-4717(a)(1)(D). That statute, which relates to
aggravating factors that may be considered at sentencing, lists as a factor "[t]he presence
of manufacturing or distribution materials such as, but not limited to, drug recipes,
precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment, lighting, irrigation systems, ventilation,
power-generation, scales or packaging material." (Emphasis added.) K.S.A. 2006 Supp.
21-4717(a)(1)(D). Because K.S.A. 65-7003(l)(17) classifies red phosphorus as a
"regulated chemical," Dalton referenced K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 21-4717(a)(1)(D) to argue
that "materials" in K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 65-4150(c) includes "precursor chemicals." Dalton,
41 Kan. App. 2d at 797-98.

The Dalton court did not see this reference as either binding or persuasive. The
court noted that the purpose behind K.S.A. 21-4717 is to provide aggravating factors to
be considered in determining whether there are substantial and compelling reasons for a
departure sentence and not to provide definitions for terms used in the criminal code.
Dalton, 41 Kan. App. 2d at 797-98. Because of this difference in purpose, the Dalton
court concluded "it would be incorrect to rely upon K.S.A. 21-4717(a)(1)(D)'s description
of manufacturing materials to define drug paraphernalia, i.e. 'material[s] of any kind' in
K.S.A. [2006] Supp. 65-4150(c), as including 'regulated chemicals,' such as red
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phosphorus. If the legislature wished to define material in that way, it could have done
so." Dalton, 41 Kan. App. 2d at 798.

Several Court of Appeals cases have explicitly relied on Dalton to reject the
argument that the "products" listed in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a) fall within
"materials of any kind" in the statutory definition of "drug paraphernalia" under K.S.A.
2007 Supp. 65-4150(c). See, e.g., State v. Adams, 43 Kan. App. 2d 842, 853-56, 232 P.3d
347 (2010), aff'd in part and rev'd in part (No. 101,392, this day decided); State v.
Terrill, No. 103,105, 2011 WL 781614 (Kan. App. 2011) (unpublished opinion); State v.
Savage, No. 104,012, 2011 WL 420727 (Kan. App. 2011) (unpublished opinion); State v.
Busse, No 101,703, 2010 WL 5490725 (Kan. App. 2010) (unpublished opinion); State v.
Montgomery, Nos. 101,507, 102,393, 2010 WL 2502875 (Kan. App. 2010) (unpublished
opinion); State v. Moon, No. 101,556, 2010 WL 445924 (Kan. App. 2010) (unpublished
opinion); State v. Claussen, No. 100,899, 2009 WL 4035202 (Kan. App. 2009)
(unpublished opinion); State v. Sutton, No. 101,522, 2009 WL 3428670 (Kan. App. 2009)
(unpublished opinion). The State urges this court to follow Dalton and these other Court
of Appeals decisions and conclude that K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a) and K.S.A. 2007
Supp. 65-4152(a)(3) do not have identical elements.

Reliance on Dalton is justified, the State argues, because the legislature clearly
intended to exclude the items listed in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a) from the definition
of drug paraphernalia in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4150(c). As the State points out, when the
legislature revises an existing law, the court presumes that the legislature intended to
change the law that existed prior to the amendment. See State v. Preston, 287 Kan. 181,
184, 195 P.3d 240 (2008); Dalton, 41 Kan. App. 2d at 795; see also State v. Keeley, 236
Kan. 555, 560, 694 P.2d 422 (1985) (stating that "old statutes must be read in the light of
later legislative enactments; an older statute must be harmonized with a newer one; if a
conflict exists, the older statute must be subordinated to the newer one").

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But as Snellings notes: "A statute should not be read to add something that is not
found in the plain words used by the legislature or delete something that is clearly found
within the ordinary language used." Farmers Ins. Co. v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., 279
Kan. 976, 978, 113 P.3d 258 (2005). Applying this general rule, Snellings argues the
Court of Appeals in this case and in Dalton ignored the words "materials of any kind."
Because, he suggests, ephedrine or pseudoephedrine still fall into the definition of drug
paraphernalia as "materials of any kind" used to manufacture a controlled substance, such
as methamphetamine, the Court of Appeals erred. Citing Frazier, Snellings claims the
legislature's "'poor research or inept drafting'" has contributed to its unsuccessful "fix" of
the definition of drug paraphernalia.

Indeed, while the legislature's deletion of the word "products" paralleled the
Campbell court's focus on that word, the failure to delete the word "materials" ignored
the Court of Appeals decision in Frazier, which stated: "Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine
fall within the definition of drug paraphernalia because they are materials used to
manufacture a controlled substance. [Citation omitted.]" (Emphasis added.) Frazier, 30
Kan. App. 2d at 405. The Campbell court did not explicitly adopt that language, but it
approved the Frazier decision and did not correct or criticize the Frazier court's reliance
on the term "material." Instead, the Campbell court focused on the most obvious
connection between the two statutes, noting that both K.S.A. 65-7006(a) and K.S.A. 65-
4150(c) used the words "product" or "products" and K.S.A. 65-7006(a) used the term
"product" in a manner that made it clear the term was a synonym for the listed items.
Campbell, 279 Kan. at 16. Given this obvious connection, it was not necessary to
continue the analysis to show additional overlap arising because the listed items were
also "materials." Thus, the Campbell court's focus on "products" in K.S.A. 65-4150(c)
does not necessarily imply that the same reasoning would not apply to the word
"materials."

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As Snellings points out, general rules of statutory interpretation require courts to
give ordinary words their ordinary meaning. See State v. Finch, 291 Kan. 665, 670, 244
P.3d 673 (2011). "Material" is defined in part as "the substance or substances out of
which a thing is or can be made; [c]omposed of or relating to . . . substances." Webster's
II New Collegiate Dictionary 675 (1995). Because ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are
items that are precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, they fit
within this definition of "material." This point is illustrated by the legislature's own use of
the word "materials," in K.S.A. 21-4717(a)(1)(D), which includes "precursor chemicals"
as an example of "materials" that may warrant an aggravated sentence: "The presence of
manufacturing or distribution materials such as, but not limited to, drug recipes,
precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment, lighting, irrigation systems, ventilation,
power-generation, scales or packaging material." (Emphasis added.) While we agree with
the Dalton court that this sentencing statute does not provide a definition that applies
under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq., the legislature's
own use of the word "material" illustrates the common understanding of the term.

Hence, we conclude ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are "materials" and,
consequently, the offense of possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with intent to
manufacture methamphetamine under K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a) is identical to the
offense of possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture methamphetamine
under K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4152(a)(3). As a result, the district court erred in sentencing
Snellings for a severity level 2 drug felony. We therefore vacate Snellings' sentence for
possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture a controlled
substance and remand for resentencing on this count as a severity level 4 drug felony.

MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE

In the other identical offense sentencing issue, Snellings argues he should have
been sentenced to a class A misdemeanor under K.S.A. 65-4164(a) (compounding a
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controlled substance containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine) and not a drug severity
level 1 penalty under K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159 (manufacture of methamphetamine).
The same identical offense sentencing doctrine principles discussed in the prior issue
control this question.

The statute under which Snellings was charged, K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(a),
states it is unlawful for any person to "manufacture any controlled substance." A
violation of this law is a severity level 1 drug felony. K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(b).
There are two components to this crime. The first is "manufacture." Notably, the
definition of manufacture includes "compounding." K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4101(n). The
second component requires that the result of the manufacturing process be "any
controlled substance." A "controlled substance" is defined by K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4150(a) as "any drug, substance or immediate precursor included in any of the schedules
designated in K.S.A. 65-4105, 65-4107, 65-4109, 65-4111 and 65-4113, and amendments
thereto." K.S.A. 65-4105 lists Schedule I substances, K.S.A. 65-4107 lists Schedule II
substances, K.S.A. 65-4109 lists Schedule III substances, K.S.A. 65-4111 lists Schedule
IV substances, and K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4113 lists Schedule V substances.
Methamphetamine is a Schedule II controlled substance. See K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4101(e); K.S.A. 65-4107(d).

The statute under which Snellings argues he should be sentenced, K.S.A. 65-
4164(a), makes it is unlawful for any person to "possess, . . . control, . . . [or] compound
. . . any controlled substance designated in K.S.A. 65-4113." (Emphasis added.) A
violation of K.S.A. 65-4164 is a class A nonperson misdemeanor unless the drug was
"prescribed for or administered, delivered, distributed, dispensed, sold, offered for sale or
possessed with intent to sell to a child under 18 years of age." K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4113, which lists Schedule V substances, includes compounds "containing any detectable
quantity" of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.

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Snellings argues this misdemeanor statute overlaps with K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
4159(a) because "compounding" is the same as "manufacturing" and because a
"controlled substance" is manufactured. The Court of Appeals panel rejected this
argument.

The panel agreed with Snellings that "compounding " and "manufacturing" were
the same conduct, but the panel concluded the misdemeanor statute does not specifically
apply to the manufacture of methamphetamine. The panel explained that K.S.A. 65-
4164(a) only applies to "any controlled substance designated in K.S.A. 65-4113."
(Emphasis added.) Methamphetamine is designated a controlled substance under K.S.A.
65-4107(d)(3), which defines Schedule II controlled substances, not K.S.A. 2007 Supp.
65-4113, which defines Schedule V controlled substances. Hence, the Court of Appeals
concluded the elements are not identical. Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at *1-2.

In seeking our review, Snellings argues first that the specific controlled substance
that is manufactured is irrelevant; what counts, Snellings contends, is that there is an
intent to manufacture some type of a controlled substance. We disagree. Snellings was
specifically charged with the manufacture of methamphetamine. Hence, that is what the
State had to prove. In order for the statutes to be subject to the identical offense
sentencing doctrine, both statutes must be ones under which the State could prosecute the
charged crime. If one of the statutes could not be used to convict the defendant of the
charged crime, it does not matter that the statutes may overlap in other respects. Rather,
"[w]hen two statutes contain overlapping provisions, this court must examine the facts in
order to determine the area of overlap. Once it is determined which provisions of a statute
apply, the only question is whether the overlapping provisions contain identical
elements." State v. Cooper, 285 Kan. 964, 967, 179 P.3d 439 (2008) (citing Campbell,
279 Kan. 1). Because K.S.A. 65-4164(a) does not cover any controlled substances other
than those listed in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4113 and that statute does not list
methamphetamine, the statute does not appear to overlap with K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-
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4159(a), as it applies in this case. Snellings suggests that although the overlap is not
obvious, it exists.

To make this alternative argument, Snellings points out that the K.S.A. 2007 Supp.
65-4113 list of controlled substances includes "(e) [a]ny compound, mixture or
preparation containing any detectable quantity of ephedrine, its salts or optical isomers,
or salts of optical isomers" and "(f) [a]ny compound, mixture or preparation containing
any detectable quantity of pseudoephedrine, its salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical
isomers." (Emphasis added.) Snellings argues that ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are
two ingredients commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine and, therefore, there is
overlap. To support this argument, Snellings cites State v. McAdam, 277 Kan. 136, 83
P.3d 161 (2004), and Campbell, 279 Kan. 1. Snellings' reliance on these cases is
misplaced.

McAdam was convicted of conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture
methamphetamine in violation of K.S.A. 21-3302(a) and K.S.A. 65-4159(a). On appeal,
he argued his sentence was illegal because it was imposed under K.S.A. 65-4159(a), a
severity level 1 drug felony, rather than the lesser penalty under K.S.A. 65-4161(a). At
the time of the McAdam decision, K.S.A. 65-4159(a) read: "Except as authorized by the
uniform controlled substances act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture any
controlled substance or controlled substance analog." In turn, as in the present case,
"manufacture" was statutorily defined as "the production, preparation, propagation,
compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance . . . ." (Emphasis
added.) K.S.A. 65-4101(n). And methamphetamine was classified as a controlled
substance under K.S.A. 65-4101(e) and K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(3).

McAdam argued that under the identical offense sentencing doctrine, he should
have been sentenced under the lesser offense defined in K.S.A. 65-4161(a), which at the
time, read in part:
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"'Except as authorized by the uniform controlled substances act, it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or have in such person's possession with
intent to sell, deliver or distribute; prescribe; administer; deliver; distribute; dispense or
compound any opiates, opium or narcotic drugs, or any stimulant designated in
subsection (d)(1), (d)(3) or (f)(1) of K.S.A. 65-4107 and amendments thereto.'" (Emphasis
added.) McAdam, 277 Kan. at 142.

The court agreed with McAdam and found that the two statutes had identical
elements; both forbade the compounding of methamphetamine. Because the two statutes
were identical with respect to McAdam's conduct, he could be sentenced under only the
lesser penalty found in K.S.A. 65-4161(a). This court vacated McAdam's sentence and
remanded for resentencing as a severity level 3 drug felony. McAdam, 277 Kan. at 146-
47.

That holding does not apply in this case, however, because the statute considered
in McAdam is distinguishable from the statute Snellings wishes to have applied. More
specifically, the statute at issue in McAdams, K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(3), listed
methamphetamine by name. Consequently, the McAdam court did not analyze whether
there would have been identical offenses if the defendant had been charged with
manufacturing methamphetamine and the allegedly overlapping statute had prohibited the
manufacture of a product containing a detectible quantity of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine.

Likewise, the second case cited by Snellings does not support his argument. In
State v. Campbell, 279 Kan. 1, 14-15, 106 P.3d 1129 (2005), this court applied the
identical offense sentencing doctrine analysis from McAdam to conclude that possession
of drug paraphernalia with the intent to use it to manufacture methamphetamine in
violation of K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3) was identical to possession of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine with the intent to produce a controlled substance in violation of K.S.A.
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65-7006(a). Again, both statutes overlapped to include methamphetamine as a controlled
substance and the Campbell court's analysis hinged on whether ephedrine and
pseudoephedrine were items of drug paraphernalia, not on whether methamphetamine
was identical to a compound containing detectable quantities of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine.

While neither McAdams nor Campbell assist in our analysis on this point, a
comparable analysis is found in Cooper, 285 Kan. 964. The defendant in Cooper pleaded
guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine under K.S.A. 65-4159(a), but he argued that
the offense was identical to a less severe offense, the use of drug paraphernalia to
manufacture methamphetamine under K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(3). This court held that the
offenses were not identical because the general statute prohibiting the manufacture of
methamphetamine did not require "the State to prove that a defendant used paraphernalia
to manufacture methamphetamine." Cooper, 285 Kan. at 967. Therefore, even though, as
a factual matter, paraphernalia must have been used to manufacture methamphetamine
and evidence could had been admitted to establish the use of that paraphernalia, the jury
was not required to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant used paraphernalia
to gain a conviction for manufacture of methamphetamine. Cooper, 285 Kan. at 967. The
Cooper court also observed that the legislature designed the statutes to more severely
punish those who manufacture methamphetamine and to less severely punish those who
merely possess drug paraphernalia used to manufacture methamphetamine. Cooper, 285
Kan. at 967-68; see State v. Thompson, 287 Kan. 238, 260-61, 200 P.3d 22 (2009)
(following Cooper).

While Cooper is not controlling, its analysis is persuasive. Just as the prosecution
did not have to prove that Cooper used ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to manufacture
methamphetamine, the prosecution in this case did not have to prove that Snellings
manufactured a product containing detectable quantities of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine. Thus, the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that manufacture of
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methamphetamine under K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(a) is not identical to compounding
a controlled substance containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine under K.S.A. 65-
4164(a). Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at *2. Accord State v. Dick, No. 98,120, 2009 WL
1393738, at *10-11 (Kan. App. 2009) (unpublished opinion), rev. denied 290 Kan. 1097
(2010); State v. Beal, No. 98,682, 2009 WL 743156, at *3-4 (Kan. App.) (unpublished
opinion), rev. denied 289 Kan. 1280 (2009).

After reaching this conclusion, the Court of Appeals panel took a detour in its
analysis that seems to arise from confusion over the application of our previous cases. In
explaining the reason for the detour, the panel stated that "based on the analysis used in
both the Cooper and [State v. Fanning, 281 Kan. 1176, 1180, 135 P.3d 1067 (2006),]
cases, this court must examine the facts of the case before reaching a definitive ruling on
the similarity of the statutes for sentencing purposes." Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at
*2. Instead of examining the facts for the limited purpose of determining whether the
statutes overlapped, the Court of Appeals examined the factual proffer presented at the
plea hearing to determine if there was a showing that Snellings "had a substance which
retained both the characteristics of the pseudoephedrine that it used to be and the
methamphetamine that it would become." Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at *2. The Court
of Appeals further noted: "It would have been impossible for the State to prove that
Snellings 'compounded' a mixture containing pseudoephedrine under K.S.A. 65-4164(a),
because there was no 'compounding' occurring in the vehicle at the time of Snellings'
arrest." Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at *2.

On other occasions, the Court of Appeals has engaged in a similar analysis of how
the facts of the particular case may fit the statute that is argued to be identical. Often
these cases comment on confusion caused by some language in Fanning. See State v.
Moore, 39 Kan. App. 2d 568, 590, 181 P.3d 1258, rev. denied 286 Kan. 1184 (2008)
("This court has sometimes struggled with the application of Fanning. However,
generally, we have concluded that where the record contains evidence that the defendant
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actually used paraphernalia, manufacturing and possession of drug paraphernalia are
identical offenses for sentencing purposes."); State v. Allen, No. 95,628, 2007 WL
4158070, at *3 (Kan. App. 2007) (unpublished opinion) ("[T]he outcome of Fanning
would apparently have been different if the record had supported Fanning's argument that
he used drug paraphernalia to attempt to manufacture methamphetamine.").

In Fanning, 281 Kan. 1176, this court considered whether the identical offense
doctrine applied to the offenses of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine and
possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. One
of Fanning's arguments was that attempted manufacture was an identical offense to
possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture because "the term 'use' in
K.S.A. 65-4152(a)(2) is equivalent to the term 'manufacture' in K.S.A. 65-4159."
Fanning, 281 Kan. at 1183 (K.S.A. 65-4152[a][2] prohibited the possession or use of
drug paraphernalia to "use . . . or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled
substance".). After indicating that, in resolving identical offense issues, courts must
consider "the underlying facts in relation to the statutory elements to determine whether
the offenses are identical," the Fanning court concluded the doctrine did not apply.
Fanning, 281 Kan. at 1183. This court stated:

"Although the elements are nearly identical, they are not completely identical.
Attempted manufacture of methamphetamine requires an additional element not found in
possession of drug paraphernalia [prevented or intercepted in actually manufacturing
methamphetamine]. Consequently, the two crimes are not identical under the rules
applied in both McAdam and Campbell, which required the elements proven to be exactly
the same under each statute." Fanning, 281 Kan. at 1183.

After reaching this conclusion, the Fanning court went on to address the
defendant's "use" argument and found "the record does not support Fanning's argument
that he used drug paraphernalia to attempt to manufacture methamphetamine. The
evidence in this case merely establishes possession of drug paraphernalia. There are no
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facts to establish that Fanning actually used the paraphernalia for any reason." Fanning,
281 Kan. at 1184. This appears to be a peripheral analysis of the term "use" that was not
intended to circumvent the court's focus on the statutory elements at issue in the case. In
other words, even if the record had supported Fanning's argument that he used drug
paraphernalia to attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, the elements would not have
been identical because there remained an additional element in the attempt crime. But it
is this discussion in Fanning that appears to have caused the confusion.

Despite this factual examination, the Fanning court returned its focus to the
statutory elements, holding: "Limiting our analysis to McAdam and Campbell and the
facts as supported by the record in relation [to] the statutory elements of these crimes, we
hold that the offense of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine is not identical to
the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture
methamphetamine." Fanning, 281 Kan. at 1184.

Two years later in Cooper, this court cited Fanning for the concept that
"[o]ffenses are identical when they have the same elements" and to reiterate that "for
sentencing purposes, an appellate court must consider the statutory elements in
conjunction with the underlying facts. [Citations omitted.]" Cooper, 285 Kan. at 966. The
Cooper court then clarified that the identification of elements ultimately controls. As we
have previously quoted, the Cooper court stated: "When two statutes contain overlapping
provisions, this court must examine the facts in order to determine the area of overlap.
Once it is determined which provisions of a statute apply, the only question is whether
the overlapping provisions contain identical elements." Then, in the next sentence, the
court stressed: "That determination is made from the statute." (Emphasis added.)
Cooper, 285 Kan. at 967 (citing Campbell, 279 Kan. 1). In other words, the facts of the
case are only relevant to determine which provisions of a statute apply—a preliminary
step—not as a final step of examining the record to determine what evidence was used to
prove the overlapping elements.
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For example, in this case, we look to the facts to tell us that Snellings was
convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine. Once this is established, a comparison of
the elements of K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(a) and K.S.A. 65-4164(a) reveals that there is
no overlap because methamphetamine is not a controlled substance to which K.S.A. 65-
4164(a) applies. Consequently, the manufacture of methamphetamine under K.S.A. 2007
Supp. 65-4159(a) does not overlap with and is not identical to compounding a controlled
substance containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine under K.S.A. 65-4164(a).

We therefore affirm Snellings' sentence for manufacture of methamphetamine as a
severity level 1 drug felony.

APPRENDI/IVORY ISSUE

Snellings' final argument is that the district court violated his constitutional rights
under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S. Ct. 2348, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435
(2000), when it considered his prior convictions in determining his sentence without
requiring those convictions to be included in the criminal complaint or proved to a jury
beyond a reasonable doubt.

Snellings acknowledges that this court has consistently rejected this argument.
See, e.g., State v. Bennington, 293 Kan. 503, Syl. ¶ 9, 264 P.3d 440 (2011); State v.
Riojas, 288 Kan. 379, 388, 204 P.3d 578 (2009); State v. Fewell, 286 Kan. 370, 394-96,
184 P.3d 903 (2008); State v. Ivory, 273 Kan. 44, 46-48, 41 P.3d 781 (2002). This court
continues to hold that the use of prior convictions for sentencing enhancement is
constitutional; thus, the Court of Appeals correctly found no merit to Snellings'
contention. Snellings, 2010 WL 2216900, at *4.

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The Court of Appeals is affirmed in part and reversed in part. The district court is
affirmed in part and vacated in part. Specifically, Snellings' sentence for violation of
K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7006(a) is vacated and remanded with directions to the district
court to resentence Snellings to a severity level 4 drug felony under K.S.A. 2007 Supp.
65-4152(c).

MORITZ, J., not participating.
PAULA B. MARTIN, District Judge, assigned.
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1
REPORTER'S NOTE: District Judge Martin was appointed to hear case No. 101,378
vice Justice Moritz pursuant to the authority vested in the Supreme Court by Art. 3, § 6(f)
of the Kansas Constitution.

* * *

JOHNSON, J., concurring: I concur in the result reached by the majority.
Specifically, with respect to Snellings' sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine, I
agree that the identical offense doctrine is not applicable. On the record before us, we
cannot say that methamphetamine is also a compound that contains any detectable
quantity of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, i.e., the facts of this case do not definitively
establish an overlap in the provisions of K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(a) and K.S.A. 65-
4164(a).

But I write separately to clarify that my vote to affirm Snellings' sentence for the
manufacture of methamphetamine does not rely in any way, shape, or form on our prior
decision in State v. Cooper, 285 Kan. 964, 179 P.3d 439 (2008). In my view, Cooper was
simply wrong when it declared that nothing in the statute prohibiting the manufacture of
methamphetamine, K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159, "requires the State to prove that a
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defendant used paraphernalia to manufacture methamphetamine." 285 Kan. at 967. The
rationale supporting that statement went as follows:

"Although, as a factual matter, paraphernalia must have been used to manufacture
methamphetamine, the State is not required to prove this fact. For example, the State
could present a witness who would testify, 'I watched the defendant manufacture
methamphetamine.' A defendant might also confess, 'I manufactured methamphetamine.'
In either such case, the State would have established a prima facie case and would not be
required to prove how that manufacturing occurred or that any paraphernalia was used in
the process. Even if the evidence described the scientific process and circumstantially
established that paraphernalia had been used in the process, the jury would not be
instructed that it must find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant possessed
paraphernalia for the purpose of manufacturing the methamphetamine." 285 Kan. at 967.

First, I would point out that the last sentence of the foregoing quote, as well as the
majority opinion here, confuses the possessing of paraphernalia with intent to
manufacture methamphetamine with the using of paraphernalia to manufacture
methamphetamine. The using of paraphernalia to manufacture connotes that an act is
being performed, rather than an act that is being contemplated. That distinction is
important because the crime proscribed by K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159(a) is the
manufacture, not the possession, of methamphetamine. Manufacturing also connotes that
the actor is involved in a process. Indeed, as the majority points out, the term
"manufacture" is defined in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4101(n), which states in relevant part:

"'Manufacture' means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding,
conversion or processing of a controlled substance either directly or indirectly or by
extraction from substances of natural origin or independently by means of chemical
synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis and includes any
packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container."

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So, for a jury to convict a defendant of manufacturing methamphetamine it has to
find beyond a reasonable doubt that he or she performed one of the actions or functions
described in K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4101(n). By necessity, the jury could not make such a
finding without concluding that the defendant used paraphernalia to "manufacture" the
methamphetamine.

Cooper's examples of how manufacturing can be proved without proving the use
of paraphernalia to manufacture simply miss the mark. Although we permit a defendant
to plead guilty, we do not imbue the defendant with the legal authority to make the
determination of whether a crime has, in fact, been committed. Instead, we require that
the judge taking the plea be "satisfied that there is a factual basis for the plea." K.S.A. 22-
3210(a)(4). In Cooper's example, where a defendant admitted to the court that he or she
manufactured methamphetamine, the court would need to be apprised of sufficient facts
to satisfy itself that the defendant's actions fit within the statutory definition of
"manufacture," i.e., that defendant used paraphernalia to engage in a manufacturing
function. Likewise, a witness' declaration that the defendant manufactured
methamphetamine would not be competent evidence to support a conviction for violating
K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-4159 unless there was the additional showing that the witness
knew what it means to "manufacture." Indeed, my first question to that witness would be,
"How did you know you were watching methamphetamine being manufactured?"

In my view, Cooper's concession that, factually, one cannot manufacture
methamphetamine without using paraphernalia to manufacture methamphetamine is
sufficient to establish an overlap in the two statutes. Cooper apparently construes the
doctrine as requiring that the elements of two offenses must be semantically identical,
i.e., stated in precisely identical terms. In other words, driving a vehicle recklessly would
not be identical to an offense described as using a vehicle to drive recklessly. Likewise,
under Cooper's logic, to convict a defendant of digitally raping a victim the State would
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not be required to prove that the defendant used a finger to rape the victim if an
eyewitness states that he or she saw the defendant rape the victim.

Besides being nonsensical, the legal fiction that manufacturing methamphetamine
is different from using paraphernalia to manufacture methamphetamine creates due
process concerns. I would make the legal world match the real world so that ordinary
citizens might know what conduct is proscribed and the accompanying penalty for
violating that law.