Legal Opinion

State v. Sprague

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided December 4, 2015No. 108062PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stegall, J.:

A jury found Davin Sprague (Sprague) guilty of premeditated first-degree murder for killing his wife, Kandi Sprague (Kandi). The district court sentenced Sprague to a hard 50 fife sentence. Sprague raises numerous issues on direct appeal to this court, including four issues raised in a pro se supplemental brief. We affirm Sprague’s conviction but vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing. In so doing, we hold as follows: (1) Because there was only one killing here, this is not a multiple acts case requiring a unanimity instruction;…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. Steele v. United States No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. State v. WardSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011
  5. State v. SotoSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014

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3Cited by87 opinions

  1. State v. ButlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  2. Beauclair v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  3. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018
  4. State v. DoelzSupreme Court of Kansas · 2019
  5. State v. ThurberSupreme Court of Kansas · 2018

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