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STATE v. COPE

No. 84,221.

29 Kan. App.2d 481 (2001)

29 P.3d 974

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GERALD L. COPE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra J. Wilson, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for appellant.

Steven J. Obermeier, assistant district attorney, Paul J. Morrison, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.

Before PIERRON, P.J., MARQUARDT and BEIER, JJ.

MARQUARDT, J.:

Gerald Cope appeals his conviction for making a criminal threat. We reverse.

Cope and his wife divorced in 1998. Cope's ex-wife received the couple's home and sole custody of their children.

Cope was upset over the divorce. In April 1999, Cope was talking to a coworker, Jeremy Walker, and told Walker that he was "going to go to war with" Johnson County by placing explosives around the courthouse. Walker was concerned and mentioned Cope...

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