August 29--Monday--a.m.
State v. Ranell Turner, No. 102,594 (Sedgwick)
Direct appeal; Rape/kidnapping
Lydia Krebs
[Vacated/Remanded; Rosen; March 9, 2012]
- Improper imposition of life sentence
Direct appeal; Agg Indecent Liberties
Rachel L. Pickering
[Affd/Rvd/Rmd; Rosen; April 12, 2012]
- Improper imposition of life sentence (Bello)
- Improper verdict forms
- Failure to give lesser
- Failure to suppress statement
State v. Perry Parks, No. 101,905 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal; Felony murder
Carl A. Folsom, III
[Affirmed; Beier; July 20, 2012]
- Improper admission of post-Miranda silence
- Violation of in limine order by officer
- Denial of right to cross-examine state's witness
- Improper Allen instruction
Direct appeal; First degree murder
Matthew J. Edge
[Affd/Vacd/Rmd; Johnson; Oct. 26, 2012]
- Inadequate answer to jury question on premeditation
- Failure to give lesser-included offense instruction
Direct appeal (petition for review); Agg Crim Sodomy
Lydia Krebs
[Affd/Rvd/Rmd; Moritz; May 4, 2012]
- Failure to give unanimity instruction
- Multiplicity
- Prosecutorial misconduct (closing argument)
- Denial of psychological exam
Kenneth Haddock v. State, No. 101,508 (Johnson)
K.S.A. 21-2512 appeal
Elizabeth Seale Cateforis
[Affirmed; Luckert; Oct, 5, 2012]
- Denial of new trial after DNA testing
K.S.A. 60-1507 appeal
Meryl Carver-Allmond
[Affirmed; Beier; Dec. 30, 2011]
- Ineffective assistance of counsel
- Improper dismissal of amended motion
State v. Alesia Warrior, No. 101,799 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Korey A. Kaul
[Affirmed; Luckert; May 11, 2012]
- Improper admission of statements
- Failure to disclose exculpatory evidence
- Improper admission of hearsay evidence
- Improper instruction that trial a burden on both sides
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Christina M. Waugh
[Affirmed; Biles; Feb. 3, 2012]
- Failure to give lesser-included offense instruction
- Failure to suppress statements
- Improper admission of pre-trial identification
- Failure to grant mistrial during jury selection
- September 2--Friday--a.m.
State v. Matthew Astorga, No. 103,083 (Leavenworth)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Theresa L Barr (brief); Meryl Carver-Allmond (argue)
[Affirmed; Moritz; Aug. 31, 2012]
- Improper instruction restricting self-defense
- Forcible felony restriction vague
- Juror misconduct (failure to disclose)
- Improper imposition of hard-50
Direct appeal; Felony DUI
Shawn E. Minihan
[Affirmed; Johnson; November 9, 2012]
- Improper admission of Intoxilyzer evidence (Confrontation Clause)