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STATE v. BRIGHT

No. 47,946

218 Kan. 476 (1975)

543 P.2d 928

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GEORGE BRIGHT, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank F. Eckdall, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and was on the brief for the appellant.

Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, and Philip L. Sieve, assistant district attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

This is a direct appeal in a criminal action in which the defendant-appellant, George Bright, Jr., was charged with murder in the first degree (K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 21-3401) and convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree (K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 21-3402), a lesser offense under the original charge. The defendant Bright has appealed claiming trial errors.

The facts surrounding the homicide are not...

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