STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 101,628.

236 P.3d 512 (2010)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Tarlene WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

August 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Davis, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Cathy A. Eaton, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney, and Steve Six, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


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

This is an appeal from the district court's denial of a motion to withdraw plea. The appellant was sentenced to life without possibility of parole for 20 years on her plea of no contest to felony murder.

On April 22, 2007, fires were set outside the doors of a residence in Kansas City, Kansas. Fire engulfed the house and one of the two people inside, Marquetta Williams, died. The other, Billy Jones, was...

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