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STATE v. CHISM

Nos. 60,952, 60,770

243 Kan. 484 (1988)

759 P.2d 105

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GREGORY A. CHISM, Appellant. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CARL J. WENZEL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Focht, of Focht, Hughey, Hund & Calvert, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant Chism.

Charles A. O'Hara, of O'Hara, O'Hara & Tousley, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant Wenzel.

Mona Furst, assistant district attorney, argued the cause and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Clark V. Owens, district attorney, were with her on the brief for appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

This is a criminal case wherein defendants Carl Wenzel and Gregory Chism appeal their jury convictions of first-degree felony murder, K.S.A. 21-3401, for which they were given life sentences.

Wenzel and Chism were together with their wives Penny Wenzel and Carlene Chism at a nightclub on August 24, 1985. They learned Ron Hawkins and his girlfriend, Teresa Stanhope, were throwing an after-hours party...

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