Supreme Court of Kansas· 4/11/2014

State v. Soto

Citations

299 Kan. 102
322 P.3d 334
2014 Kan. LEXIS 124

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concluding hard 50 sentencing scheme permitting a judge-rather than a jury-to find aggravating circumstances necessary to impose an increased mandatory minimum sentence violates right to a jury trial under Alleyne
deferring decision on whether harmlessness analysis applies because, on facts of case, error could not meet the test
when a party claims an otherwise relevant photograph should have been excluded as unduly prejudicial, appellate courts review for an abuse of discretion
the appellate courts presume statutes are constitutional and must resolve all doubts in favor of a statute’s validity
“Consequently, the sole reason we are vacating Soto’s sentence is because it was imposed in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, as interpreted in Alley ne.”
K.S.A. 21-4635 violates Sixth Amendment because it permits judge to find by preponderance of the evidence existence of aggravating factor necessaxy to impose increased mandatory minimum sentence, rather than requiring a jury to make that finding beyond a reasonable doubt

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