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• Title: State v. Lawton
• Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
• Release Date : January 27, 1987
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 54 KB

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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Ithiel Lawton, from convictions of two counts of aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer (K.S.A. 21-3415) and one count of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer (K.S.A. 21-3411). This case arose out of a shooting which took place at the home of the defendant's parents at 1126 Lime Street, Topeka, Kansas. On March 5, 1985, at approximately 7:00 a.m., police officers were summoned by defendant's father to a domestic disturbance at that address. As the police officers approached the residence, the defendant opened fire with a shotgun on the police officers. Officer Reed was shot in the face, neck, and shoulder. Officer Horn was shot in the hand. Shots were also fired at Officer Meier, but he was not hit. The officers surrounded the house and eventually took defendant into custody. A subsequent search of the house produced a 12-gauge shotgun with spent rounds of 12-gauge ammunition. The facts surrounding the shooting were not in controversy at the trial. The sole defense presented by defendant was that defendant was legally insane at the time the shooting occurred. On March 6, 1985, defendant was charged with two counts of aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer and one count of [241 Kan. 141]

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