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STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 71,311

20 Kan. App. 2d 932 (1995)

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. JERRY D. RICHARDSON, JR., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Wieland, assistant county attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, for the appellant.

Rebecca Woodman and Reid T. Nelson, assistant appellate defenders, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for the appellee.

Before BRISCOE, C.J., GREEN, J., and JAMES J. NOONE, District Judge Retired, assigned.

BRISCOE, C.J.:

The State appeals the trial court's imposition of a departure sentence when sentencing Jerry Richardson. The State contends the court's reasons for a dispositional departure from the presumptive sentence set forth in the applicable sentencing grid were not substantial and compelling, as required by K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4721(d)(2). We apply the standard of review applicable to a question of law and conclude the sentencing court's consideration of the...

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