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State v. Plunkett

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 14, 1997No. 75,290PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

The primary issue in this criminal case relates to defendant Bennie L. Plunkett’s Sixth Amendment right to self-representation. Did the district court err in refusing to let Plunkett represent himself? Plunkett’s convictions for aggravated criminal sodomy and rape of two victims were reversed for judicial misconduct in State v. Plunkett, 257 Kan. 135, 891 P.2d 370 (1995). Plunkett was tried again and convicted of three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, K.S.A. 21-3506(c)(i) (Ensley 1988), and two counts of rape, K.S.A. 21-3502 (Ensley 1988),…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. State v. ProuseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1989
  4. State v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1994
  5. State v. CantrellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  2. State v. HebertSupreme Court of Kansas · 2004
  3. State v. EllmakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2009
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  5. State v. KettlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014

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