Printable Format21-4219.
History: L. 1992, ch. 21, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 158; L. 1994, ch. 348, § 17; L. 1996, ch. 30, § 4; L. 1996, ch. 258, § 9; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Conviction under section does not require persons inside building be put in immediate apprehension of bodily harm. State v. Caldwell, 21 Kan. App. 2d 466, 469, 901 P.2d 35 (1995).
2. Criminal discharge of a firearm does not merge with homicide for felony-murder purposes. State v. Alderson, 260 Kan. 445, 455, 459, 922 P.2d 435 (1996).
3. Offense hereunder does not merge with homicide; double jeopardy not violated by conviction and punishment for both. State v. Sims, 262 Kan. 165, 171, 936 P.2d 779 (1997).
4. When defendant charged in drive-by shooting may be convicted of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of firearm examined. State v. Taylor, 25 Kan. App. 2d 407, 415, 416, 965 P.2d 834 (1998).
5. Offenses did not merge; felony murder charge was proper based upon criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling, an inherently dangerous felony. State v. Rayton, 268 Kan. 711, 1 P.3d 854 (2000).
6. No error in admitting defendant's pretrial statement nor in imposing consecutive sentences. State v. Ramos, 271 Kan. 520, 24 P.3d 95 (2001).
7. Convictions of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle are not multiplicitous; but separate convictions for each occupant are multiplicitous. State v. Gomez, 36 Kan. App. 2d 664, 673, 675, 143 P.3d 92 (2006).
8. Section cited in court rejecting defendant's multiplicity argument; court not required to give requested additional jury instruction. State v. Conway, 284 Kan. 37, 53, 55, 56, 159 P.3d 917 (2007).
9. Felony murder and criminal discharge of a firearm are intended to be separate offenses; cumulative punishments authorized. State v. Farmer, 285 Kan. 541, 546, 547, 556, 175 P.3d 221 (2008).
10. Conviction hereunder; case involved upward departure sentence from presumptive probation sentence; sentencing upheld. State v. Martin, 285 Kan. 735, 737, 175 P.3d 832 (2008).
11. Discussed in felony murder case where K.S.A. 21-4219 was the underlying felony; discussion of availability of self-defense and imperfect self-defense. State v. Kirkpatrick, 286 Kan. 329, 332, 337, 368, 184 P.3d 247 (2008).
12. Conviction for felony murder upheld even though defendant acquitted of underlying felony. State v. Herron, 286 Kan. 959, 964, 967, 189 P.3d 1173 (2008).