STATE v. BEECHUM

No. 66,562

251 Kan. 194 (1992)

833 P.2d 988

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JEROME BEECHUM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Debra A. Vermillion, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Paul J. Morrison, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SIX, J.:

This criminal case concerns: (1) our jurisdiction to hear an appeal of the sentence imposed following a plea of guilty in a first-degree murder case in which (a) there are no allegations of partiality, prejudice, or corrupt motive and (b) the trial court has imposed the mandatory, and consequently minimum, sentence of life imprisonment under K.S.A. 21-4501(a); and (2) trial

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