Kansas Supreme Court Decisions 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 120310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) Defendant failed to preserve his claim that…
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 120481
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the Defendant's convictions of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of cruelty to animals, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Supreme Court…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 120103
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm, and one count of criminal possession of a firearm, holding that there was no error…
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 121203
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree felony murder, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, aggravated assault, and criminal possession of a firearm, holding that there was no…
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 118307
Justia Opinion Summary: In this matter arising from the district court's distribution of Lanny Lentz's estate among his three daughters the Supreme Court remanded the judgment of the court of appeals holding that it lacked jurisdiction over…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 112322
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for identity theft stemming from his use of personal identifying information belonging to someone else to obtain employment, holding that Defendant failed to preserve…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 118361
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of aggravated arson, holding that no error occurred in the proceedings…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 119302
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals rejecting Defendant's illegal sentence claim and vacated Defendant's sentence, holding that the district court erred when it looked beyond the elements of…
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 121832
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the sentence imposed conformed to the applicable statutory provisions. In 1997, Defendant pled…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 114413
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the court of appeals and the district court allowing consideration of Defendant's blood test results, which presumptively showed that Defendant was guilty of driving under the…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 115980
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the court of appeals and the district court allowing consideration of Defendant's blood test results obtained under the implied consent statute, holding that the good faith…
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 117839
Justia Opinion Summary: In this protracted litigation over liability and damages resulting from faulty construction on the University of Kansas' Memorial Stadium the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals insofar as it…
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 120824
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court granting Defendant's motion to suppress all evidence seized as a result of a…
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 117301
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the same-sex romantic partner of a woman who conceives through artificial insemination and gives birth during the couple's relationship can be recognized as a legal parent under the Kansas…
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 117496
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized after a traffic stop and a warrantless probable cause search of the vehicle, holding that the district…
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 119536
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held in this case, as in In re M.F., 312 Kan. __ (this day decided), that the same-sex romantic partner of a woman who conceives through artificial insemination and gives birth during the couple's…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 117131
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of attempted capital murder, aggravated robbery, and other offenses, holding that there was no error during Defendant's trial. Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1)…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 119871
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of first-degree murder and other offenses, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the State charged…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 120350
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of ten counts of criminal conduct, including attempted capital murder, holding that a single error occurred in the proceedings below, and the error was…
Date: October 16, 2020
Docket Number: 117162
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of two counts of aggravated robbery, holding that the court of appeals did not err in holding that the convictions would…
Date: October 16, 2020
Docket Number: 118648
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals panel that used a harmless error analysis to save a district court's denial of Defendant's motion to withdraw his plea even though the panel concluded that…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 117043
Justia Opinion Summary: In this driver's license suspension case, the Supreme Court affirmed the conclusions of the district court and the court of appeals that the implied consent advisory substantially complied with the applicable statute and…
Date: October 9, 2020
Docket Number: 119116
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that, on judicial review under Kan. Stat. Ann. 8-1020(p) of a hearing officer's order suspending a driver's license, a court may consider any constitutional issue, including the lawfulness of the…
Date: September 25, 2020
Docket Number: 117436
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree murder and battery, holding that there was no reversible error on the part of the district court. After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 115184
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's convictions on two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, holding that Defendant received deficient representation pretrial and at…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 118712
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case about the enforceability about a mortgage clause the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the district court dismissing this action, holding that any language…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 118894
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of first-degree premeditated murder, holding that the district court erred in not instructing the jury on self-defense and that the error was reversible. At the close of…
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 120246
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court summarily denying Defendant's postsentence motion to modify sentence, holding that no legal avenue existed for the relief requested by Defendant. Defendant…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 113762
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that the district court committed harmless error in failing to suppress a blood test result, holding that the court of appeals erred when it…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 116937
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction of one count of criminal threat under Kan. Stat. Ann. 21-5415(a)(1), holding that there was no basis for this Court to…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 118543
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court ordering Defendant to register as a violent offender under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA), Kan.…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 119087
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the determination of the Workers Compensation Board that clear and convincing evidence showed that an employee's impairment caused by marijuana consumption did not contribute to the employee's…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 118366
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated burglary, and arson, holding that no error required reversal. Specifically, the Supreme…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 118941
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of felony murder, aggravated assault, felony discharge of a firearm, and aggravated endangering of a child, holding that no reversible error occurred. Defendant was…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 121040
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree premeditated murder, holding that there was a single instance of prosecutorial error during closing argument, but the error was harmless beyond a…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 120046
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress drug-related evidence, holding that that the Court of Appeals correctly…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 120414
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for first-degree premeditated murder, holding that there was no reversible error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) even if a challenged…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 115650
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that Defendant did not establish that he was prejudiced by his counsel's performance, holding that Defendant met his burden of showing that there…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 115990
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction for aggravated battery but affirmed his convictions for abuse of a child and aggravated endangering of a child, holding that the cumulative effect of certain errors…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 119739
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree premeditated murder and other crimes, holding that the prosecutor did not err during closing arguments by saying, "The defense has speculated about…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 116515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the uncertainty in the residual phrase in Kan. Stat. Ann. 21-6304 defining a knife as "a dagger, dirk, switchblade, stiletto, straight-edged razor or any other dangerous or deadly cutting…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 116670
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed as right for the wrong reason the judgment of the court of appeals holding that harmless constitutional error occurred when the district court responded to a jury question by having court staff…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 116810
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of possession of marijuana and cocaine, holding that the district court did not err in allowing Defendant to exercise her constitutional right of self-representation…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 119359
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court denying Defendant's pro se motion styled as a "Motion to Set Aside a Void Judgment under Due Process of Law and K.S.A. 22-3210," holding that the trial court…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 120600
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court judge denying Defendant's motion for a new trial on the basis of DNA testing results, holding that the district judge did not abuse her discretion by…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 116649
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for, among other things, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of oxycodone, holding that the trial court's admission of Kan. Stat. Ann.…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 119228
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals that it lacked jurisdiction to review the failure by the Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) to issue a full and complete opinion in an…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 119315
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree felony murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery, and criminal threat, holding that any error during the proceedings below was…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 121051
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal from the termination of Father's parental rights consequent to an adoption, the Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals affirming the termination, holding that the district court…
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 118091
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for driving under the influence and illegal transportation of liquor, holding that "manifest necessity" is the correct measure for declaring a jury deadlocked under the…
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 118698
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury case arising from a bar fight at the San Lo Leyte VFW Post #7515 in Clyde, Kansas (VFW) between Plaintiff and a third party patron of the bar the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court…
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 119993
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of child abuse and felony murder with the underlying felony of child abuse but vacated the imposition of lifetime postrelease supervision, holding that the trial court…
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 120683
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's grid-sentence, holding that, under two of this Court's recent opinions, Defendant failed to establish that the district court imposed an illegal sentence for purposes of Kan. Stat.…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 116151
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of several sex offenses involving two children but vacated the district court's order of lifetime postrelease supervision, holding that the district court erred in…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 117518
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals affirming in part and reversing in part the order of the district court granting summary judgment for the State and Patrick Saleh, a highway patrol trooper,…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 117973
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the lower courts determining that a condominium owner's consent was not required before a proposed grocery store could be constructed, holding that the district court properly…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 118790
Justia Opinion Summary: In this extended-jurisdiction juvenile proceeding, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the juvenile's appeal, holding that the court of appeals had jurisdiction to hear the…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 120190
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree murder, attempted distribution of a controlled substance, attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and criminal possession of a firearm,…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 113531
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's appeal of the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the completion of a sentence does…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 113763
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal brought by Defendant challenging the district court's decision to classify his 1974 Colorado conviction for second-degree burglary as a person felony when determining his criminal…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 113903
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals granting the State's motion to dismiss Defendant's appeal of the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence based on the calculation of his…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 115006
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the appeal was moot. In 2011, Defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary. The…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 116545
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this case to the court of appeals for consideration of State v. Roat, __ P.3d __ (No. 113,531, this day decided), holding that because the court of appeals did not have the advantage of Roat…
Date: June 19, 2020
Docket Number: 116761
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the court of appeals dismissing as moot Appellant's appeal from the revocation of his probation following an out-of-state arrest, holding that the court of appeals erred in relying…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 111904
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated its decision reversing the judgment of both the court of appeals and district court concluding that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) did not preempt Defendant's prosecution…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 112502
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated its decision reversing the lower courts' conclusions that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) did not preempt Defendant's prosecution for identity theft, holding that, in…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 113705
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's convictions for two counts of rape of a child under the age of fourteen, holding that the court of appeals erred in concluding that…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 116446
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated its judgment reversing the judgment of the court of appeals, which reversed the district court's ruling granting Defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop, holding…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 119242
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court ordering Defendant to pay $5,000 in restitution, holding that Defendant met his burden to present some evidence of compelling circumstances to prove the…
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 120475
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court denying Defendant's postsentencing motion to withdraw his guilty plea after it found that the record conclusively showed Defendant's plea was knowing and…
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number: 114796
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for the premeditated murder of his mother, holding that the prosecutor erred in one respect during closing argument but that the erroneous comment was harmless given the…
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number: 120050
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court reforming an inter vivos trust created and funded by Jill Petrie St. Clair, holding that the district court's findings of fact were supported by clear and…
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number: 120075
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court denying Defendant's postsentence motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty to two counts of premeditated murder, holding that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number: 118845
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court determining that Appellant's claim for attorney fees and expenses should be decided by the court and not a jury, holding that Section 5 of the Kansas…
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number: 119911
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of both first-degree premeditated murder and the alternative charge of first-degree felony murder, holding that there was no error in the proceedings…
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number: 119439
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of first-degree felony murder, aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, criminal possession of a firearm, fleeing and eluding, and interference with…
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number: 119660
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for first-degree felony murder, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. A jury found Defendant guilty of both first-degree felony murder…
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number: 119720
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm, holding that Defendant's claims of trial error and challenge to his sentence were unavailing. Specifically,…
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number: 116111
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the district court granting Defendant's pretrial motion to dismiss his charge of first-degree murder based on self-defense…
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number: 117743
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court dismissing the second-degree murder and aggravated battery charges against Defendant on the grounds that…
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number: 118737
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence, holding that because Defendant did not object to the district court's failure to make…
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number: 114675
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for second-degree murder, burglary, and theft but reversed Defendant's sentences, holding that any error during the guilt phase was harmless but that the district court…
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number: 117362
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of possession fo marijuana, holding that Defendant's waiver of jury trial was legally insufficient. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number: 117456
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court affirming the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to withdraw plea of no contest to one count of possession of heroin with intent to…
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number: 119665
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the district court on remand resentencing Defendant to his original mandatory term of imprisonment after once again finding he was not a person with intellectual disability,…
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number: 119712
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for first-degree premeditated murder, holding that the district court did not err in its challenged instructions to the jury. Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1)…
Date: April 11, 2020
Docket Number: 122765
Justia Opinion Summary: In this controversy arising from emergency proclamation issued by Governor Laura Kelly in response to the global public health crisis related to COVID-19 and her follow-up executive orders the Supreme Court granted in…
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number: 118673
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court revoking Defendant's probation without first imposing intermediate sanctions, holding that Kan. Stat. Ann.…
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number: 115293
Justia Opinion Summary: In this consolidated appeal challenging sentences imposed for crimes occurring both before and after statutory amendments in 2015 to the revised Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA), Kan. Stat. Ann. 21-6801, the…
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number: 118379
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case concerning the application of the statutory scheme permitting an employer that has provided workers compensation benefits to an injured employee to obtain both a subrogation interest in any recovery the…
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number: 120436
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Kansas Corporation Commission approving a non-unanimous settlement agreement including certain rate design changes at issue in this case, holding that the new rate design…
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number: 119492
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of felony murder, attempted aggravated robbery, and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, holding that there was sufficient evidence to prove intent to commit a…
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number: 117941
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for premeditated first-degree murder, arson, and interference with law enforcement but vacated Defendant's controlling hard fifty life sentence, holding that the district…
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number: 118349
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of premeditated first-degree murder, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. During trial, the court instructed the jury on premeditated first-degree…
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number: 119862
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and aggravated interference with parental custody, holding that Defendant's post-arrest confession…
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 116223
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of aggravated robbery for robbing a Dollar General using a Taser and ordering Defendant to register as a violent offender under the…
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 117747
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree premeditated murder, rape, and aggravated burglary, holding that the district court did not err in admitting prior sex crime evidence and did not commit…
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 118235
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder but vacated the portion of his sentence ordering lifetime postrelease supervision, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his claims…
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 116757
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of burglary, theft, and prohibited possession of firearms, holding that the district court judge's response to a jury's mid-deliberation question about jury…
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 116803
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant after he pled guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine, felony domestic battery, and…
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 118608
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denials of Defendant's motions to withdraw his pleas of guilty to first-degree felony murder and attempted second-degree intentional murder but vacated the imposition of…
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 119314
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court judge granting in part and denying in part Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that this Court cannot consider the merits of…
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 115321
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing for lack of jurisdiction Appellant's appeal challenging his convictions, holding that the court of appeals did not err when it dismissed…
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 115119
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded Defendant's case for resentencing, holding that the court of appeals properly rejected Defendant's speedy trial claim but that Defendant's sentence was erroneous. Defendant was convicted of…
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 116629
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of a court of appeals panel reversing a conviction of burglary of a dwelling, holding that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. The panel reversed Defendant's…
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 117149
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reinstated the district court's award granting Plaintiff substitution benefits after a court of appeals panel held that married persons cannot be a provider or recipient of substitution services to each…
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number: 114312
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for felony murder based on abuse of a child, abuse of a child by shaking, and aggravated battery, holding that the district court did not err or commit judicial…
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number: 118120
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of first-degree felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and related offenses, holding that the district court judge properly admitted as evidence recorded jail…
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number: 118180
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions and sentence arising from an armed robbery in which a victim was killed by an accomplice, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings…
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