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STATE v. CALLAHAN

No. 40,112

179 Kan. 603 (1956)

296 P.2d 652

THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MARY CALLAHAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.C. Jones, of Olathe, argued the cause, and Harold R. Riggs, also of Olathe, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

James H. Bradley, county attorney, argued the cause, and John J. Gardner, assistant county attorney, John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, and Paul E. Wilson, assistant attorney general, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

Mary Callahan was separately tried on an information charging her and one Ray R. Tipton with murder in the first degree in that they willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and maliciously shot and killed John Joseph Callahan on January 2, 1955. The jury returned a verdict finding her guilty and that her punishment should be by life imprisonment. She filed a motion for a new trial alleging, among other...

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