State v. Grady

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal by the State from the sentence imposed foUowing defendant Kelley Grady’s jury conviction for voluntary manslaughter (K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 21-3403). The sentence imposed was a downward dispositional departure from the presumptive guidelines sentence. This appeal was transferred from the Court of Appeals on this court’s order.

This case arises out of a relationship among three people, Kelley Grady (the defendant), Michael Croslin (the victim), and Brenda Croslin (the victim’s wife).

The defendant separated from his wife in late…