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STATE v. BIRD

No. 58,564

240 Kan. 288 (1986)

729 P.2d 1136

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. THOMAS BIRD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin C. Wood, chief appellate defender, argued the cause, and Melissa Sheridan, assistant appellate defender, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Rodney H. Symmonds, 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

PRAGER, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Thomas Bird, from a jury conviction of first-degree premeditated murder (K.S.A. 21-3401). The charge arose out of the death of the defendant's wife, Sandra Bird, whose body was found on July 17, 1983, lying face down in a river in front of her overturned car. The death occurred below the Rocky Ford Bridge which is located south of the city of Emporia on a gravel...

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