May 2011 KSC docket

Here are the criminal cases on the KSC docket for May 17-23, 2011. These summaries are based on the issues listed in the briefs filed and may not very accurately or fully describe the actual issues in the cases. I recommend you review the briefs yourself if you would like more details.

May 17--Tuesday--a.m.
State v. Shane Marquis, No. 100,423 (Butler)
Probation revocation appeal (petition for review)
Matthew J. Edge
[Rvd/Rmd; Johnson; Aug. 19, 2011]

• Right to confront at probation violation proceeding

State v. Anthony Kidd, No. 101,809 (Sedgwick)
Direct appeal; First-degree murder
Shawn E. Minihan
[Affirmed; Moritz; Dec. 2, 2011]

• Failure to instruct on voluntary intoxication
• Improper comment about "mug shot"

State v. David McDaniel, No. 101,634 (Seward)
Sentencing appeal (petition for review)
Patrick H. Dunn
[Affirmed; Beier; July 15, 2011]

• Jurisdiction to impose restitution after sentencing

May 18--Wednesday--a.m.

State v. Scott Cheever, No. 99,988 (Shawnee)
Direct appeal; Capital murder and death sentence
Debra J. Wilson
[Affd/Rvd/Rmd; per curiam; Aug. 24, 2012]

[Modified opinion after SCOTUS reversal; Affirmed; Rosen; July 20, 2017]

• Whether capital murder statute is constitutional
• Improper admission of impeachment and rebuttal testimony
• Failure to instruct on felony murder
• Failure to strike biased juror
• Improper dismissal of potential juror
• Improper judicial comment on possible appeal
• Failure to prove defendant over 18
• Improper aggravating circumstance instructions
• Improper mitigating circumstance instructions
• Prosecutorial misconduct
• Relaxed evidentiary standards at capital sentencing unconstitutional

May 19--Thursday--a.m.

State v. Rodolfo Gaona, No. 98,822 (Finney)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Rape/Agg Crim Sodomy
Matthew J. Edge
[Affd/Rvd/Rmd; Beier; March 2, 2012]

• Improper admission of "expert" testimony
• Failure to give lesser included offense
• Improper exclusion of defense medical records
• Improper admission of prior bad act evidence
• Improper admission of prior consistent statements

State v. Xavier Miller, No. 100,247 (Wyandotte)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Second-degree murder (intentional)
Lydia Krebs
[Rvd/Rmd; Mortiz; Sept. 2, 2011]

• Improper instruction on lesser offenses
• Improper sympathy instruction

State v. Raymore Levy, No. 101,653 (Shawnee)
Direct appeal; Rape/Agg Crim Sodomy/Agg Ind Lib
Gerald E. Wells
[Affirmed; Biles; June 24, 2011]

• Whether KSC should remand for proportionality inquiry
• Ineffective assistance of counsel
• Admission of "safetalk" interview violates Confrontation Clause

May 20--Friday--a.m.

State v. Bernard Preston, No. 98,629 (Johnson)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Possession with intent
Christina M. Waugh
[Rvd/Rmd; Biles; March 23, 2012]

• Illegal stop
• Illegal pat-down (no reasonable suspicion)
• Illegal search (no probable cause)
• Improper admission of refusal to consent to search
• Improper admission of prior convictions

State v. Saul Miller, No. 99,232 (Saline)
Direct appeal (petition for review); Rape/Agg Crim Sodomy
Shawn E. Minihan
[Affirmed; Luckert; Oct. 28, 2011]

• Retrial after mistrial violates Double Jeopardy
• Prosecutorial misconduct
• Improper admission of child statements under K.S.A.60-460(dd)
• Admission of child's out of court statements violates Confrontation Clause

State v. William McKnight, No. 100,246 (Shawnee)
Sentencing appeal (petition for review)
Carl Folsom
[Rvd/Rmd; Rosen; Aug. 12, 2011]

• Improper upward sentence modification after revocation