State v. Boorigie

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• defining confession as acknowledgment of guilt made by person after committing offense as compared to admission, which is the act of admitting to facts from which jury may or may not infer guilt
• evidence of motive that defendant stood to profit from at least $1.4 million in life insurance proceeds if spouse died an accidental death
• evidence of motive that defendant stood to profit from at least $1.4 million in life insurance proceeds if spouse died an accidental death
• summarily incorporating the Conley analysis with respect to Apprendi and the imposition of the hard 40 sentence
• district court affirmed although proceedings continued while competency evaluation was pending where evaluation ultimately determined that defendant was competent before trial began
• distinguished on its facts in Jones, 279 Kan. at 405

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