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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 45,034

201 Kan. 126 (1968)

439 P.2d 86

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES LOUIS JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Brown, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Robert D. Hecht, 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

HARMAN, C.:

Appellant James Louis Johnson was tried before a jury for first degree murder in the slaying of his wife. He was convicted of the offense of murder in the second degree, his motion for new trial was overruled, he was sentenced to a term of twenty years imprisonment, and has appealed.

Appellant, twenty-five years of age, and a life-long resident of Topeka, first met his wife, Carlease, aged twenty...

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