State v. Henson

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding evidence excluded verdict based upon reckless conduct where defendant approached victim, pointed a gun, and shot him in the back of the head
• defining “premeditation” as a “ ‘state of mind’ relating to a person’s reasons and motives for acting” or as “ ‘the time of reflection or deliberation’ ”
• noting district court determination voluntary manslaughter instruction was not warranted because 20 to 30 minutes passed between punch and shooting is supported by law
• “[A]n act of violence separated from the provocation by sufficient cooling-off time is not the product of heat of passion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Quartez Brown
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-08-15· cited 103×
• State v. Martinez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-07-30· cited 70×
• State v. Gaona
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-03-02· cited 70×
• State v. Gentry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-09-20· cited 61×
• State v. Marks
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-04-19· cited 51×
• State v. Garza
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-07-30· cited 47×
• State v. Ros
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-07-01· cited 43×
• State v. Molina
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-05-30· cited 38×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2011-11-18· cited 15×
• State v. Soto
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2011-11-22· cited 7×
• State v. Zapata-Grimaldo
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2018-11-21
• Johnson v. Bass Pro Outdoor World
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2024-05-03

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Godsey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-01· cited 358×
• State v. Reid
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-06-27· cited 175×
• State v. Hebert
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-01-16· cited 130×
• State v. Moncla
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1997-04-18· cited 127×
• State v. Ackward
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-02-10· cited 126×
• State v. Warledo
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-08-08· cited 94×
• State v. Vasquez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-10-17· cited 78×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-04-22· cited 77×
• State v. Saleem
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-04-16· cited 62×
• State v. Calderon
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-12-08· cited 61×
• State v. Guebara
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1985-03-02· cited 55×
• State v. Follin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1997-10-31· cited 50×
• State v. Drennan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-12-17· cited 48×
• State v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-03-05· cited 45×
• State v. McClanahan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-12-10· cited 39×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-10-24· cited 37×
• State v. Davidson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-07-09· cited 18×
• State v. Bolton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2002-07-12· cited 17×