STATE v. SEVERNS

No. 41,061

184 Kan. 213 (1959)

336 P.2d 447

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. WALTER RAY SEVERNS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lael Alkire and Aubrey J. Bradley, Jr., both of Wichita, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellant.

Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, and Nicholas W. Klein, Deputy-County Attorney, argued the cause, and Warner Moore, of Wichita, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General and Robert E. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, were with them on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, C.J.:

This is the second appearance in this court of an appeal by Walter Ray Severns in a criminal action, the present appeal being from a conviction of murder in the second degree.

A historical review of the background of this criminal prosecution from the date of its inception is essential to a proper understanding of the events and circumstances giving rise...

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