October 24, 2007-Wednesday-a.m
State v. Jeremy Nguyen, No. 93,416 (Sedwick)
Direct appeal; First-degree Murder
Shawn E. Minihan
[Affirmed; Johnson; Dec. 14, 2007]
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Improper adult certification (requiring choice between rights)
- Improper adult certification (improper notice to parents)
- Improper adult certification (sufficiency)
- Improper Allen instruction
Direct appeal; First-degree Murder
Sarah Ellen Johnson
[Aff'd in part, rev'd in part; Nuss; Feb. 1, 2008]
- Violation of in limine order
- Improper admission of lay opinion on veracity of defendant
- Prosecutorial misconduct (Doyle violation)
- Insufficient evidence for felony theft
Direct appeal; First-degree Murder
Carl Folsom
[Affirmed; Johnson; Feb. 2, 2008]
- Improper venue (several related issues)
- Improper admission of testimony that invaded province of jury
- Prosecutorial misconduct (personal opinion)
- Admission of prior bad act evidence without limiting instruction
State v. Dustin Holt, No. 96,744 (Waubaunsee)
Direct appeal; First-degree Murder
Janine Cox
[Aff'd in part, rev'd in part; Nuss; Feb. 1, 2008]
- Improper jury poll
- Failure to give mere presence aiding and abetting instruction
- Insufficient evidence to support aiding and abetting instruction
- Inconsistent state theories
Direct appeal; First-degree Murder
Korey A. Kaul
[Aff'd in part, rev'd in part; Beier; Oct. 17, 2008]
- Improper admission of prior bad acts evidence
- Failure to instruct of voluntary manslaughter
- Improper admission of statements
- Sufficiency of evidence to support agg burglary
- Sufficiency and constitutionality of hard-40
State v. Abraham Alderete, No. 94,388 (Sumner)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Child Abuse
Randall L. Hodgkinson
[Affirmed; Greene; Dec. 7, 2007]
- Failure to give lesser included offense instruction
K.S.A. 60-1507 appeal (petition for review)
Ronald Schneider
[Affirmed; Beier; Aug. 22, 2008]
- Ineffective assistance of counsel (failure to consult with expert)
- Prosecutorial misconduct (failure to disclose exclulpatory evidence)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Juvenile adjudication
Paul Shipp
[Reversed; Rosen; June 20, 2008]
- Right to jury trial in juvenile adjudication proceeding
State appeal (petition for review)
Larry Schwartz
[Affirmed; Luckert; May 30, 2008]
[Cert petition denied Dec. 1, 2008]
- Whether passenger was seized when driver detained for traffic offense
State v. Nathan Wright, No. 94,862 (Thomas)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Sale
Patrick H. Dunn
[Petition dismissed as improvidently granted; per curiam; Dec. 14, 2007]
- Improper definition of sale
- Improper amendment of complaint
- Improper admission of prior bad acts
- Officers exceeded scope of search warrant
K.S.A. 60-1507 appeal (petition for review)
Michael Whalen
[Reversed and remanded; McAnany; Feb. 8, 2008]
- Improper denial of motion without reaching merits
- Motion raising newly discovered evidence is not successive
Direct appeal (petition for review); Manufacture
Randall L. Hodgkinson
[Affirmed; Rosen; March 28, 2008]
- Improper severity level for manufacture sentence
Direct appeal (petition for review)
Shirla McQueen
[Reversed and remanded; Beier; Jan. 16, 2009]
- Sufficiency of evidence of penetration
- Improper admission of prior bad act evidence
- Improper admission of photograph
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