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State v. Kessler

Citations

  • 73 P.3d 761
  • 276 Kan. 202
  • 2003 Kan. LEXIS 479

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that court could not improvise sentencing jury proceeding to respond to Apprendi
  • where district court’s authority to impose sentence is controlled by statutory procedure found unconstitutional, district court has no authority to impose such sentence
  • district court’s ruling on discovery subject to abuse of discretion standard; such discretion abused “only when no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the trial court”
  • where court’s authority to impose sentence is controlled by statutory procedure found unconstitutional, court has no authority to impose such sentence
  • where court's authority to impose sentence is controlled by statutory procedure found unconstitutional, court has no authority to impose such sentence
  • in order for voluntary intoxication instruction to be required, there must be evidence defendant was so intoxicated he or she was robbed of mental faculties

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Judges: Gernon, Abbott, Knudson

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