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Date: 11-15-2024
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State of Kansas v. Stan P. Mills, Jr.
Case Number: 127,057
Judge: David Dahl
Court: District Court, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Plaintiff's Attorney: Sedgwick County, Kansas District Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of being a violent offender.
In two separate cases, Sedgwick County District Court case Nos. 2021 CR 2220 (Case 1) and 2021 CR 2236 (Case 2), the State charged Mills with two counts of aggravated battery and attempted robbery. The State also charged Mills with arson in Sedgwick County District Court case No. 2022 CR 397 (Case 3).
The State moved to consolidate the three cases for trial. After a hearing, the district court granted the motion to consolidate Cases 1 and 2, both involving aggravated battery, but denied the motion with respect to Case 3, the arson case.
Mills and the State eventually came to a plea agreement in which the parties mutually agreed to request severance of the previously consolidated cases. At the plea hearing, the district court severed the cases. Mills pleaded guilty to amended counts of aggravated battery in Cases 1 and 2. In exchange, the State dismissed the aggravated robbery charge in Case 2 and the arson charge in Case 3. In the plea agreement, the State indicated that it would seek the high penalty within the applicable sentencing grid box, and the parties acknowledged that Mills would likely receive an A criminal history classification. The State agreed to recommend consecutive sentencing and to recommend the presumptive sentencing disposition of imprisonment. Mills also agreed to pay restitution for the dismissed arson charge in Case 3. Mills acknowledged that his conviction for aggravated battery in Case 1 involved the use of a deadly weapon, i.e., a broom handle, requiring him to register as a violent offender under KORA. The court accepted Mills' pleas as knowing and voluntary.
At sentencing, the district court closely followed the plea agreement. The district court assigned Mills a criminal history classification of A, which established presumptive prison terms for both aggravated battery convictions. Neither party objected to the criminal history classification indicated by the presentence investigation report.
State v. Mills, 127,057, 127,058 (Kan. App. Nov 15, 2024)
Outcome: Affirmed
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