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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 48,797

223 Kan. 237 (1977)

573 P.2d 994

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. NOBLE LEROY JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Green, of El Dorado, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Geary Gorup, county attorney, argued the cause and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, was with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HOLMES, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant from a jury trial convicting defendant of two counts of murder in the first degree. (K.S.A. 21-3401.)

On Saturday, September 6, 1975, a double murder was committed in El Dorado. The murdered persons were Thomas Woodyard and Darlene Beech Woodyard. The bodies, found by the landlady on Tuesday evening, September 9, 1975, were horribly mutilated and it would...

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