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STATE v. WOOD

No. 52,635

230 Kan. 477 (1982)

638 P.2d 908

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JEFFREY J. WOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence R. Wietharn, of Overland Park, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Susan Ellmaker, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Dennis W. Moore, district attorney, were with her on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Jeffrey J. Wood, from a conviction of murder in the second degree (K.S.A. 21-3402), after trial on a charge of first-degree murder. This case arose out of a homicide which occurred in Lenexa, Kansas, on December 8, 1979. It was undisputed that the defendant's wife, Jaylene Wood, was killed by a charge from a 20-gauge shotgun while she was sitting on a couch in the...

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