STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 53,465

231 Kan. 171 (1982)

642 P.2d 989

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. HARRY L. TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Johnson, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Frank Yeomen, Jr., assistant district attorney, argued the cause and Gene M. Olander, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

Harry L. Taylor was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3402) on March 4, 1981. This is an appeal from that conviction.

This prosecution arose from the following events. Efelton Sanders was the owner and operator of a grocery and gambling establishment in Topeka called the Party Shack. Melvin Walker, Jr., who Sanders considered a stepson, worked there on occasion. Sanders kept a...

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