EASTERWOOD v. STATE

No. 86,325.

273 Kan. 361 (2002)

44 P.3d 1209

LEVOI D. EASTERWOOD, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Ellen Johnson, assistant appellate defender, argued the cause, and Rebecca Woodman, assistant appellate defender, and Steven R. Zinn, deputy appellate defender, were with her on the briefs for appellant.

Michael A. 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 K.S.A. 60-1507 appeal raises the question of whether a criminal defendant who has had the opportunity to challenge his felony-murder charge but knowingly waived that right and pled guilty to felony murder and other charges in order to obtain a favorable plea agreement is entitled to collaterally attack his convictions to benefit from a favorable ruling in a later appeal by a different party on the...

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