State v. Cheeks’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Cheeks was convicted in 1993 of the second-degree murder of his wife. Cheeks received a prison sentence of 15 years to life imprisonment. This court affirmed his case on direct appeal. State v. Cheeks, 258 Kan. 581 , 908 P.2d 175 (1995). We also affirmed a later district court denial of Cheeks' pro se motion to correct an illegal sentence. State v. Cheeks, 280 Kan. 373 , 121 P.3d 989 (2005). "In March 2009, Cheeks filed a pro se petition for postconviction DNA testing under K.S.A. 21-2512. The petition was summarily denied because the statute limited the availability of such testing to cases involving convictions of first-degree murder under K.S.A. 21-3401 or of rape under K.S.A. 21-3502. Cheeks appealed to this court and prevailed. State v. Cheeks, 298 Kan. 1, 3 , 310 P.3d 346 (2013). [This court] extended K.S.A. 21-2512 to Cheeks and other similarly situated individuals under the authority of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. 298 Kan. at 11 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cheeks

2. “Cheeks remained in prison at the time his K.S.A. 21-2512 petition for DNA testing was filed, he was 'in state custody' at the relevant time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cheeks

3. “so that the merits of the petition may be considered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cheeks