State v. Lopez

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS Nos. 128,381 128,517 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DANIEL OSWALD LOPEZ, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Under K.S.A. 21-6620(c)(1)(A), (2)(A) and K.S.A. 21-6623, a defendant convicted of first-degree premeditated murder must be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 50 years unless, after reviewing mitigating circumstances, the district court finds substantial and compelling reasons to impose a departure sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years. 2. In this context, a reason is…