STATE v. BLOCKYOU

No. 43,840

195 Kan. 405 (1965)

407 P.2d 519

THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. FLOYD BLOCKYOU, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar Dwire, of Wichita, argued the cause, and E.L. Malone, of Wichita, was on the briefs for the appellant.

Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, and Richard Seaton, Assistant Attorney General, both of Topeka, and R.K. Hollingsworth, Deputy County Attorney, of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter in the first degree.

The appellant complains of no trial errors but rather bases his charge of improper conviction on a claim of double jeopardy. Only the limited facts necessary to a determination of that issue and related questions will be presented.

The defendant, while engaged in a drunken brawl, attempted to shoot his wife but instead...

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