STATE v. CLARK

No. 41,385

204 Kan. 38 (1969)

460 P.2d 586

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RALPH J. CLARK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Beall, of Leavenworth, and Roger W. Noonan, of Olathe, both argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellant.

Hugh H. Kreamer, Assistant County Attorney, argued the cause, and Kent Frizzell, Attorney General, and James W. Bouska, County Attorney, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

KAUL, J.:

This is an appeal in a criminal action by the defendant-appellant who was convicted by a jury of first degree murder of his wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Kansas State Penitentiary.

The principal issue concerns the propriety of instructions dealing with the felony murder rule as applied to the facts of the case.

The sole defense at the trial was insanity at the time of...

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