Supreme Court of Kansas· 3/9/2001

State v. Murphy

Citations

19 P.3d 80
270 Kan. 804
2001 Kan. LEXIS 159

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recognizing defendant's lack of criminal history, which was \not sufficient to justify a departure\ on its own because it had been taken into account on criminal sentencing grid, \could be considered in overall picture\
likening the lawful act of the victim in Murphy to the lawful act of the law enforcement officer in Sopho-phone and adopting the reasoning of Sophophone
considering the factors in totality with other factors such as the defendant’s young age and acknowledging that employment record is not enough on its own to justify departure
felony-murder rule inapplicable when killing caused by lawful acts of innocent victim of aggravated robbery and kidnapping acting in self-defense to protect his residence and its occupants
abrogated on other grounds by Martin, 285 Kan. 735, 175 P.3d 832
family support properly considered as mitigating factor favoring departure sentence

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Judges: Larson, McFarland, Abbott, Davis

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