State v. Green

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,510 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DARY JENE GREEN, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Premeditation is the process of thinking about a proposed killing before engaging in the homicidal conduct. It requires a period, however brief, of thoughtful, conscious reflection and pondering—done before the final act of killing—that is sufficient to allow the actor to change his or her mind and abandon his or her previous impulsive intentions. 2. To withstand a vagueness challenge, a statute must clear two hurdles. First, to satisfy Fourteenth…