STATE v. DONESAY

No. 77,558.

265 Kan. 60 (1998)

959 P.2d 862

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SAKONE MEL DONESAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Helvey, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Steven R. Zinn, deputy appellate defender, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Debra S. Peterson, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

Sakone Mel Donesay appeals his jury convictions of premeditated murder, aggravated robbery, criminal damage to property, two counts of felony theft, and criminal possession of a firearm. Defendant, who was 14 at the time the offenses were committed, was tried as an adult. A controlling sentence of the hard 40 plus 100 months was imposed.

Donesay had been adjudicated as a juvenile offender in...

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