Legal Opinion
State v. Reed
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided June 19, 2015No. 106807PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beier, J.:
Defendant Samuel Reed shot Amos Becknell multiple times. Becknell survived. The State charged Reed with attempted first-degree murder and a jury convicted him as charged. At sentencing, the district court judge departed from the presumptive sentence for a severity level 1 crime and criminal history of A, instead sentencing Reed as though he had a criminal history of C.
Both Reed and the State appealed to the Court of Appeals. Reed raised several issues attacking his conviction and sentence. The State challenged the district judge’s decision to…
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