STATE v. McLINN

No. 114,506.

409 P.3d 1 (2018)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Sarah Gonzales McLINN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Schirer , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Charles E. Branson , district attorney, argued the cause, and Kate Duncan Butler , assistant district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


In January 2014, Sarah Gonzales McLinn confessed to law enforcement officers that she killed Hal Sasko. At her trial on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder, McLinn did not deny that she killed Sasko but argued she was not criminally responsible because a mental disease or defect prevented...

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