STATE v. DIGGS

No. 83,924.

272 Kan. 349 (2001)

34 P.3d 63

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GYOLA L. DIGGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Curtis, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Jennifer C. Roth, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, were on the brief for appellant.

Elizabeth L. Reimer, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Stephen D. Maxwell, assistant attorney general, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SIX, J.:

Gyola Diggs appeals her conviction for the first-degree premeditated murder, K.S.A. 21-3401(a), of her husband Brian Diggs. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (a conviction resulting in a life sentence receives automatic review by this court).

We consider whether the district court erred: (1) by denying Diggs' motion for a new trial, (2) by granting...

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