Is the District Courts Journal Entry Sufficient to Support the Relief Granted and to Enable Meaningful Appellate Review?
In its first issue on appeal, the State challenges the district court’s factual findings and legal conclusions related to Moll’s claim for ineffective assistance of counsel. Where the district court has held an evidentiary hearing on a K.S.A. 60-1507 motion and has made findings of fact and conclusions of law in compliance with Kansas Supreme Court Rule 183(j) (2008 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 247), an appellate court reviews the district court’s decision under a mixed standard of review. The reviewing court accepts as true any findings of the district court that are supported by the evidence and any reasonable inferences that might be drawn from the evidence. If such findings are sufficient to support the court’s conclusions of law, the reviewing court will affirm the district court’s decision. However, the district court’s conclusions of law are subject to unlimited review. Bellamy v. State, 285 Kan. 346, 354-55, 172 P.3d 10 (2007); see also McHenry, 39 Kan. App. 2d at 120 (applying the same
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