Legal Opinion

State v. Walker

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 27, 2016No. 110712PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stegall, J.:

A jury convicted Tyrone Walker of first-degree premeditated murder for the killing of Janis Sanders. We affirm Walker’s conviction and sentence and hold: (1) any error by the district court in failing to provide a lesser included instruction was harmless; (2) the State did not err during closing argument; (3) while the district court should have suppressed Walker’s statements from the interrogation after he invoked his right to remain silent, the error was harmless; (4) cumulative error did not deny Walker a fair trial; and (5) Walker’s…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Berghuis v. ThompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. ThurberSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  2. State v. BeckerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2020
  3. State v. BodineSupreme Court of Kansas · 2021
  4. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Kansas · 2020
  5. State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2021

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