photo by: Screenshot/Kansas Supreme Court YouTube
Pictured in this screenshot from oral arguments on Dec. 15, 2020 in the case of State of Kansas v. Danny Queen, left to right and top to bottom, are Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Justice Eric Rosen, Justice Dan Biles, Justice Caleb Stegall, Justice Evelyn Wilson, Justice KJ Wall, Justice Melissa Standridge, Assistant Douglas County District Attorney Kate Duncan Butler and appellate defender Peter Maharry. This screenshot was taken with permission from the court.
Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court will soon determine whether Danny W. Queen’s convictions in a 2017 Eudora bar shooting should be overturned and his prison sentence vacated because his trial started three days late.
photo by: Sara Shepherd/Journal-World File Photo
In this Journal-World file photo from Oct. 9, 2018, Danny W. Queen appears in Douglas County District Court next to one of his appointed attorneys, Joshua Seiden.
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled in July that it was “obligated” to reverse a Eudora man’s murder conviction and vacate a nearly 19-year prison sentence because his trial started three days late.
But on Tuesday, the Douglas County district attorney’s office will ask the Kansas Supreme Court to reverse that decision and keep Danny W. Queen, 39, behind bars. The state also says the circumstances of the case are unlike any before it, making it “ripe” for the court’s consideration.