STATE v. BRAUN

No. 103,560.

273 P.3d 801 (2012)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Conrad J. BRAUN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

March 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Hodgkinson, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.

Emilie Burdette and Steven J. Obermeier, assistant district attorneys, Stephen M. Howe, district attorney, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, for appellee.

Before McANANY, P.J., LEBEN and ATCHESON, JJ.


LEBEN, J.

Conrad Braun appeals his blackmail conviction, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of blackmailing his ex-wife's husband. At the time Braun was charged, blackmail was defined by statute as "compelling another to act against such person's will." Braun notes that the alleged victim, Tucker Kirk, didn't actually take any action that Braun asked Kirk to take—neither refraining from contact with Braun's children nor signing a contract...

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