STATE v. COLEMAN

No. 83,923.

271 Kan. 733 (2001)

26 P.3d 613

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CURTIS LEE COLEMAN, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Hodgkinson, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, was with him on the briefs 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

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

Curtis Lee Coleman, Jr., a 15-year-old, was prosecuted and sentenced as an adult. He was convicted by a jury of one count of premeditated first-degree murder in the shooting death of 10-year-old Shanell Cooper. On the murder conviction, the trial court imposed a life sentence without possibility of parole for 40 years. Coleman also was convicted of three counts of aggravated

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