STATE v. LEAPER

No. 98,403.

238 P.3d 266 (2010)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Tyrone LEAPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

September 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather R. Cessna, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Sarah Morrison, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, was on the brief for appellant.

Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney, argued the cause, and Steve Six, attorney general, was with him on the brief for appellee.


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

Tyrone Leaper was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Christopher Lovitch and received a sentence of 620 months' imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted Leaper's petition for review; our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(b).

Leaper's issues on appeal, and our accompanying holdings, are as follows:

1. Did the district court err in denying Leaper's motion for a...

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