David Lowden

Argued for the State as Sedgwick County's chief assistant district attorney in Jonathan Carr's death-penalty appeal. The Kansas Supreme Court threw out Carr's death sentence (State v. J. Carr).

July 25, 2014

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Argued for the State in Richard Goens' appeal for a 2019 Riley County shooting during a drug deal. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld his felony murder conviction.

September 29, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State in State v. Strong, a Riley County case. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld Strong's conviction for having meth to sell within 1,000 feet of a school.

April 14, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State in State v. Genson, a Riley County case. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that punishing a failure to register as an offender without proof of intent is constitutional.

July 29, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State as a special prosecutor when the Kansas Supreme Court took a second look at Reginald Carr's case. The court upheld his death sentence for the 2000 Wichita killings.

January 21, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State as a special prosecutor in Jonathan Carr's case after the U.S. Supreme Court sent it back. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.

January 21, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State in State v. Albano, a Riley County drug case. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that judges, not juries, may find past convictions used to set a sentence.

May 28, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

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Argued for the State as Riley County deputy attorney in Luis Aguirre's appeal for killing his ex-girlfriend and their one-year-old son. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld his convictions.

April 23, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

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