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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 48,242

220 Kan. 720 (1976)

556 P.2d 168

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. IVESTER JOHNSON, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lerner, of Barnett & Lerner, Chartered, of Kansas City, Kansas, argued the cause, and David J. Heath, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

OWSLEY,, J.:

Defendant Ivester Johnson, Jr., appeals from a conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree. (K.S.A. 21-3401.) The victim was a three-month-old girl, Marchelle Johnson. It was undisputed that the child was not fathered by defendant, but he had married the child's mother before Marchelle was born and had signed her birth certificate as the father. Defendant knew he was not the child's father before...

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