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STATE v. SESMAS

No. 119,862.

459 P.3d 1265 (2020)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Yesenia SESMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 13, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meryl Carver-Allmond , of Kansas Capital Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for appellant.

Matt J. Maloney , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Marc Bennett , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

This appeal arises out of Yesenia Sesmas' killing of her friend Laura Abarca and kidnapping of Abarca's newborn daughter. Sesmas appeals her jury convictions of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and aggravated interference with parental custody. She argues that her post-arrest confession was involuntary...

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