STATE v. PHAM

Nos. 55,179, 55,210, 55,221

234 Kan. 649 (1984)

675 P.2d 848

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. THANH VAN PHAM, Appellant. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CAU TRAN, Appellant. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. NGAN VAN PHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geary N. Gorup, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Clark V. Owens, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.

David Michael Rapp, of Moore, Rapp & Schodorf, P.A., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant Thanh Van Pham.

James Wilson, P.A., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant Cau Tran.

Janet S. Helsel, of Offices of Otto J. Koerner, of Wichita, was on the brief for appellant Ngan Van Pham.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

Defendants Thanh Van Pham, Cau Tran and Ngan Van Pham were convicted in a joint jury trial of two counts of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401). Each defendant has appealed his conviction and said appeals have been consolidated.

On the evening of June 12, 1982, two Vietnamese men, Den Nguyen and Phong Vihn Thanh Tran were seated at a table in a crowded social club known as the Vietnamese Center...

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