STATE v. ADAMS

No. 101,236.

254 P.3d 515 (2011)

292 Kan. 151

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

Supreme Court of Kansas.

April 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Boyd K. Isherwood , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nola Tedesco Foulston , district attorney, and Steve Six , attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


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

This is a direct appeal in defendant Asa Adams' first-degree felony murder case. Adams argues that the district judge erred in his answer to a jury question and in giving an expert witness instruction and that she received ineffective assistance of counsel, necessitating a new trial. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Adams' felony-murder conviction arose out of events on May 16, 2007...

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