STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 44,909

200 Kan. 176 (1967)

434 P.2d 808

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DOUGLAS McARTHUR PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Jones, of Manhattan, argued the cause, and David K. Clark, of Manhattan, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

John C. Fay, county attorney, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

O'CONNOR, J.:

The defendant, Douglas McArthur Patterson, although charged with second degree murder (K.S.A. 21-402), was convicted by a jury of the lesser offense of first degree manslaughter (K.S.A. 21-407) upon evidence that on April 3, 1965, he shot and killed his wife, Anneliese. Following denial of a motion for new trial and imposition of sentence to the state reformatory...

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