STATE v. JORDAN

No. 66,214

250 Kan. 180 (1992)

825 P.2d 157

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DAVID C. JORDAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucille Marino, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, was with her on the brief for appellant.

Don L. Scott, 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

ABBOTT, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant David C. Jordan from his conviction of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 21-3401).

The defendant claims the trial court erred in not giving a self-defense instruction. If a self-defense instruction should have been given, he argues that he also was entitled to an instruction on involuntary manslaughter on the theory of self-defense committed in an unlawful...

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