If a county or district attorney files notice under K.S.A. 21-6617 that the attorney intends - on conviction of a defendant charged with capital murder - to request a separate sentencing proceeding to determine whether the defendant should be sentenced to death, the clerk must forward a copy of the notice to the clerk of the appellate courts not later than 7 days after filing.
Kan. R. Rel. Dist. Ct. 120