STATE v. MASON

No. 45,784

208 Kan. 39 (1971)

490 P.2d 418

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES EDWARD MASON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Wilson, of Kansas City, Kansas, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Nick A. Tomasic, chief deputy county attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and Frank D. Menghini, county attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, as charged in the amended information, and was sentenced to confinement for a period of ten years. He appeals, alleging several trial errors.

The deceased, Richard Calhoun, was eighteen years old at the time of his death. He and the appellant had been acquainted for approximately two years, going back to a time when Calhoun had been...

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