STATE v. WILLIAM

No. 64815.

807 P.2d 1292 (1991)

248 Kan. 389

STATE of Kansas, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. John WILLIAM, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca E. Holihan, Asst. Appellate Defender (argued), and Jessica R. Kunen, Chief Appellate Defender, was with her on the briefs, for appellant/cross-appellee.

James E. Flory, Dist. Atty. (argued), and Frank D. Diehl, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Robert T. Stephan, Atty. Gen., were with him on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Edward G. Collister, Jr., of Collister & Kampschroeder, Lawrence, was on the brief, for amicus curiae.


ABBOTT, Justice:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, John William, from his conviction for first-degree murder in connection with the death of Richard Settlemyre, a nine-year-old boy.

William raises seven issues on appeal, and the State cross-appeals concerning the exclusion of evidence seized without a warrant from defendant's personal possessions held by jail personnel while the defendant was incarcerated.

William's issues are in three areas...

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