Legal Opinion
State v. Spain
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 21, 2000No. 81,438PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allegrucci, J.:
In State v. Spain, 263 Kan. 708, 953 P.2d 1004 (1998), this court vacated David Spam’s sentence and remanded for resentencing. On remand, the district court reimposed a hard 40 sentence. Spain appeals his sentence.
This is the second time Spain has appealed his sentence to this court. In the first appeal, we stated:
“These essential facts are not in dispute: On March 17,1995, David Spain and two other inmates escaped from the Haskell County Jail after Spain shot the dispatcher, Irvin Powell. Spain fired one shot from behind, which struck…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
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