Legal Opinion

State v. Butler

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided April 27, 2018No. 115604PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by Stegall, J.:

**832 Marcus G. Butler directly appeals his convictions-first-degree felony murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, and attempted aggravated robbery. He alleges multiple reversible errors, but after a thorough review, we affirm Butler's convictions.

*122 Butler also argues-and the State concedes-the district court erred by sentencing him to lifetime postrelease supervision instead of lifetime parole for his first-degree felony-murder conviction. We agree this was error. We vacate this portion of Butler's sentence and remand the case to…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. People v. MatuszakMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. State v. GunbySupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  5. State v. KingSupreme Court of Kansas · 2009

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3Cited by106 opinions

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  4. State v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Kansas · 2020
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