Legal Opinion

State v. Richardson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided June 19, 2009No. 100,445, 100,835PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Robert W. Richardson, II, appeals his convictions and sentences for two counts of exposing another to a life-threatening communicable disease. Richardson claims the statute defining the crime, K.S.A. 21-3435, is unconstitutionally vague; that the district court erred in failing to treat K.S.A. 21-3435 as a specific intent crime; that, alternatively, the evidence was insufficient to convict him of violating K.S.A. 21-3435; and that the use of his criminal history to increase his sentences violated the Sixth Amendment to the United States…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Lawrence v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. AkinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  2. State v. LowranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 2013
  3. State v. HargroveCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2013
  4. State v. De La TorreSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011

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