STATE v. HARTFIELD

No. 62,061

245 Kan. 431 (1989)

781 P.2d 1050

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MITCHELL HARTFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Johnson, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, and Martha J. Coffman, special appellate defender, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Mona Furst, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, were with her on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, C.J.:

Mitchell Hartfield brings this direct appeal from his jury convictions in Sedgwick District Court of first-degree murder, K.S.A. 21-3401; aggravated battery, K.S.A. 21-3414; and aggravated burglary, K.S.A. 21-3716. He raises numerous issues, which we will discuss later. We turn first to the evidence.

Hartfield was convicted of stabbing to death Danny O'Day, the companion of his former girlfriend...

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