WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of a Kansas court decision that overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man who admitted killing a sheriff, with one justice asking a lawyer to choose the way the court would rule against him.
This came as justices debated whether to uphold a Kansas Supreme Court decision that threw out Scott Cheever’s capital murder conviction and death sentence for the fatal shooting of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels.
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