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STATE v. SANDERS

No. 84,843.

272 Kan. 445 (2001)

33 P.3d 596

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JOHN A. SANDERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Kittel, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, was with him on the brief for appellant.

David C. Smith, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nick A. Toic, district attorney, and Carta J. Stovall, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, John A. Sanders, from his conviction of first-degree premeditated murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a hard 40 sentence. The victim, Robert Bertsch, was found lying on the side of the road in Kansas City, Missouri. When Bertsch was identified, the police went to his residence in Kansas City, Kansas. No one responded to their knock on the front door...

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