Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided November 26, 2003No. 87,974PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nuss, J.:
A Johnson County District Court convicted Cedric D. James of two counts of involuntary manslaughter on May 30, 2001, and sentenced him to two consecutive 34-month terms of imprisonment. He raises two issues in his direct appeal: (1) Did the district court have jurisdiction over the charged offenses, and (2) did the district court err in failing to suppress his statements to police?
Our jurisdiction is pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c), transfer on our own motion, and we affirm.
FACTS
In the summer of 2000, Cedric James began working as a teacher for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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