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Law Review and Bar Journal References:

“Survey of Kansas Law: Criminal Law,” Robert A. Wason, 32 K.L.R. 395, 404, 406, 407, 408 (1984).

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Information in language of statute sufficient; elements of crime discussed. State v. Bird, 238 K. 160, 167, 708 P.2d 946 (1985).

2. Disbarment following voluntary surrender of certificate after plea of guilty hereto. In re Sturgis, 239 K. 527, 720 P.2d 1118 (1986).

3. Cited; principles applied in determining sufficiency of indictment or information examined. State v. Bird, 240 K. 288, 294, 729 P.2d 1136 (1986).

4. Sufficiency of evidence, instructions on reasonable doubt, evidence of prior crimes, prosecutorial statements in closing arguments examined. State v. Dunn, 249 K. 488, 489, 820 P.2d 412 (1991).

5. Charges filed hereunder and under 21-3205, aiding and abetting, not multiplicitous nor merged; each crime involves different elements. State v. Edwards, 250 K. 320, 321, 330, 826 P.2d 1355 (1992).

6. Prosecution under 61-4141, based upon facilitation, requires proof of the actual commission of the underlying felony. State v. Garrison, 252 K. 929, 933, 936, 850 P.2d 244 (1993).

7. Under facts, solicitation to commit first-degree murder is not a lesser included offense of aiding and abetting first-degree murder. State v. DePriest, 258 K. 596, 604, 907 P.2d 868 (1995).

8. KDOC use of all records available in making retroactivity determination does not violate offenders’ rights to due process. Farris v. McKune, 259 K. 181, 186, 911 P.2d 177 (1996).

9. No error in trial court’s failure to instruct jury on criminal solicitation as a lesser included offense of murder. State v. Webber, 260 K. 263, 280, 918 P.2d 609 (1996).

10. Requires proof of specific intent; specific intent distinguished from general intent. State v. Esher, 22 K.A.2d 779, 783, 922 P.2d 1123 (1996).

11. Rule requiring two witnesses or one witness and corroborating circumstances to prove perjury inapplicable to crime of solicitation to commit perjury. State v. Ellis, 25 K.A.2d 61, 957 P.2d 520 (1998).

12. Evidence held sufficient to support conviction of criminal solicitation based on inmate’s letter to acquaintance asking friend to “take her out, because of what she knows.” State v. Mason, 268 K. 37, 40, 986 P.2d 387 (1999).

13. Sufficient evidence to support conviction of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. State v. Juiliano, 268 K. 89, 96, 98, 991 P.2d 408 (1999).

14. Conflicting statutory provisions prescribing different sentences for criminal offense, rule of leniency applicable. State v. Horn, 288 K. 690, 206 P.3d 526 (2009).