State v. Hernandez

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

Kevin Hernandez was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and residential burglary following a jury trial. He was sentenced to fife imprisonment with a hard 50 mandatory minimum term on the primary offense of murder, plus a consecutive term of 74 months for the other offenses.

Factual Background

On June 9, 2007, Melissa Whitemore encountered Hernandez, an acquaintance of hers, while she was driving around Countryside Estates in Manhattan, Kansas. She stopped to talk to him because she had a…