Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/25/2002

State v. Moore

Citations

55 P.3d 903
274 Kan. 639
2002 Kan. LEXIS 695

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finding sufficient similarity where victims were of comparable age, defendant videotaped victims before fondling their genital areas and exposing his penis, and both crimes occurred privately where defendant “had control of the environment”
doubling a defendant’s sentence as a persistent sex offender under K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 21-4704[j] was permissible because “all the crimes were defined by the legislature as sexually violent crimes”
“Under K.S.A. 60-455, prior offenses need not be identical in nature to the offense for which the defendant is on trial. Similarity is sufficient.”
district court erred in failing to remove prior conviction from criminal history after using it to classify defendant as a persistent sex offender
district court erred in failing to remove prior conviction from criminal history after using it to classify defendant as a persistent sex offender
court determined at sentencing that the defendant’s current conviction of kidnapping was sexually motivated, thus fitting the definition of a sexually violent crime under 22-3717[d][2][L]

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Judges: Larson, Six

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