December 9--Monday--a.m.
State v. Matthew Astorga, No. 103,083 (Leavenworth)
Remand from United States Supreme Court
Randall L. Hodgkinson
[Affd/Rvd/Vacd; Mortiz; May 23, 2014]- Hard-50 sentence violates Alleyne
State v. Robert Stevenson, No. 104,115 (Sedgwick)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Possession
Rick Kittel
- Failure to suppress evidence
State v. Sharon Huddleston, No. 106,273 (Sedgwick)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Meryl Carver-Allmond
[Affirmed; Luckert; Feburary 14, 2014]
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Improper admission of jailhouse letters
State v. Jimmy Murdock, No. 104,533 (Shawnee)
Sentencing appeal (petition for review)
Ryan Eddinger (brief); Patrick H. Dunn (argue)
[Rvd/Rmd; Biles; May 2, 2014]- Improper scoring of priors as person felonies
December 10--Tuesday--a.m.
State v. Kelvin Gibson, No. 106,646 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Michael J. Nichols
[Affirmed; Biles; April 18, 2014]
- Denial of motion to suppress statements
- Failure to allow defendant to testify at suppression hearing
State v. Juan Lopez, No. 105,601 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Michael G. Highland
[Affirmed; Johnson; May 9, 2014]- Insufficient evidence
- Improper use of prior acquittal for sentencing
- Improper weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors for hard-50
State v. Delbert McBroom, No. 106,689 (Osborne)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Gerald E. Wells
[Affirmed; Rosen; June 6, 2014]- Failure to change venue
- Insufficient evidence
State v. Robert Clark, No. 105,613 (Shawnee)
Direct appeal; Agg indecent liberties
Rachel L. Pickering
[Affd/Vacd/Rmd; Luckert; Feburary 7, 2014]
- Insufficient evidence of intent
State v. Eldier Molina, No. 105,228 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Michelle A. Davis
[Affd/Vacd; Moritz; May 30, 2014]- Failure to give limiting instruction (bad acts)
- Failure to give lesser-included offense on voluntary manslaughter
- Improper consecutive sentences
- Improper weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors for hard-50
December 11--Wednesday--a.m.
State v. Michael Hensley, No. 102,421 (Seward)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Criminal restraint
Randall L. Hodgkinson
[Affirmed; Johnson; April 25, 2014]
- Whether criminal restraint is a lesser of kidnapping
State v. Gary Morningstar, No. 103,433 (Sumner)
Resentencing appeal (petition for review)
Elaine M. Esparza
[Affimed; Biles; July 18, 2014]- Improper resentence to consecutive sentences on remand
- Whether agg battery is a lesser included offense of child abuse