STATE v. CRUMM

No. 53,737

232 Kan. 254 (1982)

654 P.2d 417

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES K. CRUMM, JR., a/k/a JAMES M. HOBSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Byrne, of Olathe, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

David D. Belling, county attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, J.:

This is an appeal by James K. Crumm, Jr., from his conviction of first-degree murder, K.S.A. 21-3401. He was convicted by a jury in Miami District Court of the shotgun slaying of his stepbrother, Christen A. Hobson. The only defense asserted was that of insanity. On appeal, defendant claims error in the exclusion of evidence, error in the cross-examination of one of the

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