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STATE v. JENNINGS

No. 59,067

240 Kan. 377 (1986)

729 P.2d 454

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES L. JENNINGS, 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 was on the brief for appellant.

C. William Ossmann, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Gene M. Olander, district attorney, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

This is a criminal action wherein the appellant, James "Pookie" Jennings, pled nolo contendere and was found guilty of one count of second-degree murder. The crime arose out of these facts:

On the evening of June 14, 1985, Jennings and another man, Richard G. Nichols, had an argument in the parking lot of an east Topeka liquor store. Jennings threateningly told Nichols he was going to kill him and...

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