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Kansas Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Laroy West, convicted in 2023 for shooting QuikTrip security guard Will Robinson in May 2021 — a former cop who never drew his weapon — after a physical altercation escalated when West pulled out a gun. West argued for separate trials for the March and May incidents and challenged jury instructions, including the “initial aggressor” rule and the exclusion of lesser charges. The court rejected all appeals, calling the crimes sufficiently similar and affirming the judge’s instructions. With a 50-year-to-life sentence plus 62 months, West won’t qualify for parole until age 95.

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