State v. Grable

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 123,120 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ANTHONY DAVID GRABLE, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 21-6620(c)(1)(A) generally directs a district court to order a person convicted of premeditated first-degree murder to serve a sentence of life with a mandatory minimum 50-year term of imprisonment before parole eligibility. But the court may depart from that hard 50 sentence by finding substantial and compelling reasons to do so. 2. The term "substantial" in the sentencing departure context means something that is real, not…