STATE v. STANO

No. 95,138.

159 P.3d 931 (2007)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Vaccaro M. STANO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

June 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reid T. Nelson, of Capital and Conflicts Appellate Defender Appeals Office, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Robert D. Hecht, district attorney, argued the cause, and Jamie L. Karasek, assistant district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DAVIS, J.:

Vaccaro Stano appeals from his conviction of first-degree, premeditated murder. The defendant contends before this court that his conviction must be reversed based upon the following claims of error: (1) the exclusion of his exculpatory statement to police; (2) the admission of preliminary hearing testimony at trial of an unavailable witness; (3) the trial court's failure to provide a cautionary instruction concerning...

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