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STATE v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 82,454.

269 Kan. 633 (2000)

8 P.3d 712

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MARCUS RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Curtis, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, was with her on the brief for appellant.

Terra D. Morehead, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LARSON, J.:

This is Marcus Rodriguez' direct appeal from his conviction and sentence for arson, a severity level 7, nonperson felony, K.S.A. 21-3718(a)(1) and (b)(3).

In June 1997, Rodriguez, Lance Arsenault, Jose Gutierrez, and Richard Golubski, while at the home of Arsenault's grandmother at 5210 Sloan, Kansas City, Kansas, tortured, burned, and killed a small Yorkshire Terrier named "Scruffy." The dog's...

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