Cottrell, Inc. v. Williams

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• upholding durational and dispositional departure sentence for conviction of attempted second-degree murder because no abuse of discretion
• discussing objectives of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act and concluding those goals provide guidance in determining whether reasons justifying departure are substantial and compelling
• issue of whether departure factors are substantial and compelling is a question of law and should be reviewed de novo
• differences in prior convictions not reflected in sentencing grid one of many factors supporting departure
• defendant's youth could not be mitigating factor for sentencing purposes because legislature omitted it from nonexclusive list but specifically included victim's youth in nonexclusive list of aggravating factors
• defendant’s age, standing alone, cannot serve as substantial and compelling reason; district court may consider age “as part of the entire package” and in context of defendant’s relative immaturity

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