STATE v. CHEEKS

No. 68,147

253 Kan. 93 (1993)

853 P.2d 655

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ALONZO CHEEKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin C. Wood, special assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Debra S. Byrd, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

This is the direct appeal of Alonzo Cheeks from his jury conviction of first-degree murder, the killing of a human being committed in the perpetration of abuse of a child, in violation of K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 21-3401(a)(2).

Alonzo Cheeks was convicted of killing Mary Anderson. Mary was born on May 4, 1988, and she died on September 16, 1989.

Cheeks and Mary's mother, Felisa Anderson, lived...

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