STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 123,045.

494 P.3d 1280 (2021)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Meka RICHARDSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Miller , of The Law Office of David L. Miller, of Wichita, was on the briefs for appellant.

Daniel G. Obermeier , assistant district attorney, Mark A. Dupree Sr. , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.


A jury convicted Meka Richardson of first-degree murder in 1992, and the court sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years (hard 40 sentence). Richardson filed a motion to correct illegal sentence under K.S.A. 22-3504 asserting that her hard 40 sentence...

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