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STATE v. BAKER

No. 118,338.

429 P.3d 240 (2018)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Valerie S. BAKER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 24, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle A. Davis , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.

Jacob M. Gontesky , assistant district attorney, Stephen M. Howe , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, for appellee.

Before Arnold-Burger, C.J., Atcheson, J., and Lori Bolton Fleming, District Judge, assigned.

The rule of lenity requires that ambiguous criminal statutes be read in favor of defendants. Valerie S. Baker gets the benefit of that rule here. As a result, we find the Johnson County District Court erred in ordering Baker to serve prison sentences on two forgery convictions, since she had...

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