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Criminal Law Keyed to Kennedy
Kansas v. Sanexay Sophophone
Citation:
270 Kan. 703 (2001)Facts
The defendant and four others broke into a house. Police officers responded to the call, saw four individuals leaving the back of the house, shined a light on the suspects, identified themselves as police officers, and ordered them to stop. The individuals, one being Sophophone, started to run away. One officer ran down Sophophone, hand-cuffed him, and placed him in a police car.
While attempting to apprehend the other individuals running from the house, an officer approached Sysoumphone with his weapon drawn. Sysoumphone raised his own gun and fired at the officer, who returned fire and killed him.
The defendant was convicted of felony murder in relation to Sysoumphone’s death, with the underlying felony being aggravated burglary.
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