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The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Public Utilities Ethics Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
The meeting will be in Conference Room B of the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The BPU Ethics Hotline is 913-271-6337.
The Kansas City, Kan., Rotary Club, as part of its annual Student Scholarship Contest, recently recognized outstanding high school students from Wyandotte County schools.
One female and one male student from each school were nominated by their schools to compete for $1,000 college scholarships. The students exemplify the highest academic, service and character standards in the community, a Rotary official said.
The female students, accompanied by family and school representatives, made short presentations before the club on April 8 at its weekly luncheon. The male students attended the April 15 meeting.
The club will choose one female and one male from the outstanding high school students to receive a $1,000 scholarship at the college or university of their choice. The scholarships will be awarded at the club’s luncheon on April 29.
To learn more about Rotary International, go to www.Rotary.org. Visit the Kansas City, Kan., Rotary Club’s website at www.rotarydowntownkck.org.
– Information and photo from KCK Rotary Club
Johnson County District Court Judge Gerald Elliott will sit with the state Supreme Court April 29 to hear oral arguments in five cases.
After hearing oral arguments, he will join the Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and opinion drafting.
All Supreme Court oral arguments are webcast live through the Watch Supreme Court Live link in the right-hand column of the Kansas Judicial Branch website at www.kscourts.org.
One of the five cases originated in Wyandotte County. Keaira Brown, also known as Keaire Brown, appeals her conviction of felony murder and attempted aggravated robbery. She was sentenced to a hard-20 term.
Issues are whether the district court erred instructing the jury that it could convict Brown of felony murder if it found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that she had killed the victim in “flight from attempting to commit aggravated robbery.” Also, whether both convictions must be vacated on alternative means grounds, whether the district court erred authorizing adult prosecution, and whether the prosecutor committed misconduct during her closing argument. Also, whether the Kansas sentencing scheme that requires a district court to sentence a juvenile to life in prison without possibility of parole for 20 years, and gives a judge no discretion to depart, is unconstitutional.