Legal Opinion

State v. King

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided August 9, 2013No. 99,479PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

Kameron King was convicted by a jury of one count of arson, three counts of criminal threat, one felony count of criminal damage to property, one misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, one count of assault, .one count of battery, and one count of domestic battery. We reverse two of King’s convictions *957for criminal threat, rejecting the State’s theory that the unit of prosecution for a criminal threat is the number of victims who perceive and comprehend the threat. Instead, we hold there can only be one conviction for a single…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. State v. WardSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  2. State v. ButlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  3. State v. CarrSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  4. State v. SpragueSupreme Court of Kansas · 2015
  5. State v. BowenSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014

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