Three Kansas court cases will be heard by the United States Supreme Court this fall, including one from Osage County.
The case of Kansas v. James Kraig Kahler will be heard Oct. 7. Kahler does not argue killing his wife, two daughters and his wife’s grandmother in November 2009. However, he says state law did not let him assert an insanity defense and that prevention was unconstitutional.
Kahler was convicted of capital murder in 2011. Last year, the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed both the conviction and resulting death penalty sentence in Kahler’s case. The US Supreme Court has granted Kahler’s request to have that decision reviewed.
