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STATE v. CROSS

No. 47,582

216 Kan. 511 (1975)

532 P.2d 1357

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES CROSS, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Watson, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and was on the brief for the appellant.

Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and Philip L. Sieve, chief deputy district attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal by James Cross, Jr., (defendant-appellant) from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter (K.S.A. 21-3403). The primary point asserted on appeal controlling our decision concerns the admissibility at the trial of a prior conviction pursuant to K.S.A. 60-455.

On April 2, 1973, one Joe Forte was stabbed to death at his home located at 2320 North 9th Street in Kansas City, Kansas...

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