State v. Alston

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,471 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DAVONTRA LEONARD ALSTON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A conviction for premeditated first-degree murder under an aiding and abetting theory is not duplicitous of a conviction for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder even when the two convictions are based on the same act. Even if the two convictions involve a single act of violence, they are different offenses because the convictions arise from violations of different statutes with different elements. The convictions thus do not violate the Double…