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State v. Randolph

Citations

  • 297 Kan. 320
  • 301 P.3d 300
  • 2013 WL 1924038
  • 2013 Kan. LEXIS 454

How courts have described this case

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  • acknowledging Stone and reviewing totality of circumstances bearing on defendant’s confession to find it voluntary
  • finding error not harmless under K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-261 where district court applied wrong statutory factors in ruling on departure motion
  • remanding for resentenc-ing where there was a “reasonable probability” district court might have given different weight to sentencing factors if it had correctly applied the law
  • when challenged, the prosecution must prove by a preponderance of the evidence the voluntariness of a defendant’s statement to a law enforcement officer
  • “[I]t is well established that low intelligence alone does not preclude a finding that an accused knowingly and voluntarily waived his or her Miranda rights.”
  • nonexclusive list of mitigating circumstances in Jessica's Law controls over statutory list of mitigating factors generally applicable under sentencing guidelines

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Judges: Luckert

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