STATE v. WILLIS

No. 68,445

254 Kan. 119 (1993)

864 P.2d 1198

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. EDWIN WILLIS, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Zinn, deputy appellate defender, argued the cause, and Lucille Marino, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, were with him on the brief for appellant.

Timothy J. Chambers, 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

SIX, J.:

The two primary issues for review concern a defendant's right to confront a witness who appears at trial by deposition and the appropriate hard 40 sentencing instruction under K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 21-4625(6). We also comment on the admission of photos of the victim, the absence of an instruction on involuntary manslaughter, and the interplay of instructing on mitigating...

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