STATE v. MORTON

No. 88,571.

277 Kan. 575 (2004)

86 P.3d 535

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JOSEPH DODDS MORTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janine Cox, capital appellate defender, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Jerome A. Gorman, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and James L. Spies, assistant district attorney, Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

BEIER, J.:

Defendant Joseph Dodds Morton appeals his first-degree murder and aggravated robbery convictions. He argues that he could not be convicted of first-degree murder on the combined theories of premeditation and felony murder, that the evidence on premeditation presented at his trial was insufficient, and that prosecutorial misconduct and cumulative error require reversal.

Morton was discharged from...

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