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STATE v. RICE

No. 71,971.

261 Kan. 567 (1997)

932 P.2d 981

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JERRY D. RICE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Cornwell, of Cornwell & Edmonds, of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Keith C. Sevedge, of Lenexa, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Michael Russell, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LARSON, J.:

This case involves Jerry D. Rice's conviction of the September 14, 1992, first-degree murder of his wife, Dorlinda "Lindy" Stakely-Rice, in which a sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 40 years was imposed. After appeal to this court, we remanded for a hearing to consider the merits of Rice's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court found that although Rice's Missouri...

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