STATE v. ADAMS

No. 101,432.

253 P.3d 5 (2011)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Taurus ADAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

April 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meryl Carver-Allmond , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Robbin L. Wasson , senior assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Jerome Gorman , district attorney, and Steve Six , attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


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

Taurus Adams was convicted by a jury of premeditated first-degree murder, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3401(a), and criminal use of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor, in violation of K.S.A. 21-4201. Adams now appeals from his conviction for premeditated first-degree murder, arguing (1) the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument, (2) the trial court erred by giving the jury instructions on premeditated...

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