Dereschuk v. Knudsen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a life sentence for aggravated indecent liberties with an 8-year-old child is not disproportionate under the Kansas Constitution
• holding Seward controls and stating that rape is “undeniably a more invasive and serious crime than aggravated indecent liberties,” and thus the penalty for rape is not disproportionately harsh when compared with Kansas sentences for homicide offenses
• State's casual approach to briefing the third prong of Freeman compels court to accept defendant's assertions as true
• “That a sexually violent crime could have been committed more violently is legally insignificant.”
• for rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child cases
• hard 25 sentences for rape and aggravated indecent liberties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).