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21-4637

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART III.--CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES AND SENTENCING
Article 46.--SENTENCING

      21-4637.   Same; mitigating circumstances.Mitigating circumstances shall include, but are not limitedto, the following:

      (a)   The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.

      (b)   The crime was committed while the defendant was under the influenceof extreme mental or emotional disturbances.

      (c)   The victim was a participant in or consented to the defendant's conduct.

      (d)   The defendant was an accomplice in the crime committed by anotherperson, and the defendant's participation was relatively minor.

      (e)   The defendant acted under extreme distress or under the substantialdomination of another person.

      (f)   The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of thedefendant's conduct or to conform the defendant's conduct to the requirementsof law was substantially impaired.

      (g)   The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.

      (h)   At the time of the crime, the defendant was suffering fromposttraumatic stress syndrome caused by violence or abuse by the victim.

      History:   L. 1994, ch. 341, § 8; July 1.

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Statutes > Kansas > Chapter21 > Article46 > Statutes_12174

21-4637

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART III.--CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES AND SENTENCING
Article 46.--SENTENCING

      21-4637.   Same; mitigating circumstances.Mitigating circumstances shall include, but are not limitedto, the following:

      (a)   The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.

      (b)   The crime was committed while the defendant was under the influenceof extreme mental or emotional disturbances.

      (c)   The victim was a participant in or consented to the defendant's conduct.

      (d)   The defendant was an accomplice in the crime committed by anotherperson, and the defendant's participation was relatively minor.

      (e)   The defendant acted under extreme distress or under the substantialdomination of another person.

      (f)   The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of thedefendant's conduct or to conform the defendant's conduct to the requirementsof law was substantially impaired.

      (g)   The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.

      (h)   At the time of the crime, the defendant was suffering fromposttraumatic stress syndrome caused by violence or abuse by the victim.

      History:   L. 1994, ch. 341, § 8; July 1.


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Statutes > Kansas > Chapter21 > Article46 > Statutes_12174

21-4637

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART III.--CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES AND SENTENCING
Article 46.--SENTENCING

      21-4637.   Same; mitigating circumstances.Mitigating circumstances shall include, but are not limitedto, the following:

      (a)   The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.

      (b)   The crime was committed while the defendant was under the influenceof extreme mental or emotional disturbances.

      (c)   The victim was a participant in or consented to the defendant's conduct.

      (d)   The defendant was an accomplice in the crime committed by anotherperson, and the defendant's participation was relatively minor.

      (e)   The defendant acted under extreme distress or under the substantialdomination of another person.

      (f)   The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of thedefendant's conduct or to conform the defendant's conduct to the requirementsof law was substantially impaired.

      (g)   The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.

      (h)   At the time of the crime, the defendant was suffering fromposttraumatic stress syndrome caused by violence or abuse by the victim.

      History:   L. 1994, ch. 341, § 8; July 1.