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STATE v. KING

No. 48,209

221 Kan. 69 (1976)

557 P.2d 1262

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ALICE RAE KING, a/k/a ALICE RAE TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Terry Moore, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Stephen M. Joseph, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, Keith Sanborn, district attorney, and Robert L. Kennedy, Jr., were on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

Alice Rae King was charged with first degree murder for shooting her estranged husband three times at close range with a semi-automatic twelve gauge shotgun. She claimed self-defense, but was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and has appealed.

The evidence is largely undisputed. The Kings were married in 1968, but separated in August, 1973. There followed a series of hostile meetings over...

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