TROTTER v. STATE

No. 98,563.

200 P.3d 1236 (2009)

Christopher M. TROTTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Kansas, Appellee,

Supreme Court of Kansas.

January 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca E. Woodman, of Capital Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Michael A. Russell, chief deputy district attorney, argued the cause, and Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney, and Stephen N. Six, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


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

Christopher M. Trotter appeals the district court's summary denial of his K.S.A. 60-1507 motion, raising arguments that we have grouped into two issues for purposes of our analysis.

First, may this court consider whether Trotter's convictions for capital murder and first-degree premeditated murder are multiplicitous when the issue is raised for the first time on appeal from a summary denial of a K.S.A...

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