Legal Opinion

State v. Wilkerson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided June 25, 2004No. 89,672PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Defendant Dajuan Wilkerson appeals from his convictions and sentences for first-degree premeditated murder and attempted first-degree premeditated murder.

Wilkerson claims seven errors: (1) admission of evidence of a shootout that occurred 2 days before the charged crimes; (2) admission of evidence of his nickname; (3) questioning of one of his alibi witnesses regarding her silence during a law enforcement interview; (4) wording of instructions and the verdict form; (5) sufficiency of the evidence; (6) cumulative error; and (7) his sentence to…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. State v. BlySupreme Court of Kansas · 1974

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. State v. GunbySupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  2. State v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  3. State v. McCaslinSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011
  4. State v. ReidSupreme Court of Kansas · 2008
  5. State v. EngelhardtSupreme Court of Kansas · 2005

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