State of Kansas, Appellee v. Charles C. Logsdon, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed all of Logsdon's convictions, concluding that the evidence, viewed favorably to the State, was sufficient and that the challenged hearsay and Confrontation Clause errors either were admissible, were cured by a limiting instruction, or were harmless. The court declined to review the aiding-and-abetting instruction because Logsdon requested it and thereby invited any error. It vacated the hard 50 life sentence because the sentencing scheme required judicial factfinding to increase the mandatory minimum, and remanded for resentencing.