State v. Moeller

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,611 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DAVID W. MOELLER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Kansas precedent establishes that the death of a criminal defendant during the appeal of his or her conviction does not automatically abate the appeal but may render some issues moot. 2. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, once a point of law has been established by a court, that point of law will generally be followed by the same court and all courts of lower rank in subsequent cases where the same legal issue is raised. Even so, this court will…