STATE v. STERLING

No. 56,361

235 Kan. 526 (1984)

680 P.2d 301

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. JAMES STERLING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geary N. Gorup, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, Clark V. Owens, district attorney, and Carl Wagner, assistant district attorney, were on the brief for the appellant.

No appearance for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

This is an appeal by the State on a question reserved following the conviction of the defendant, James Sterling, on two counts of criminal damage to property (K.S.A. 21-3720[1][a]). The sole issue presented in the case is whether criminal damage to property, as provided for in K.S.A. 21-3720(1)(a), is a specific intent crime to which voluntary intoxication is a defense so as to require an...

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