STATE v. VERSER

No. 107,906.

326 P.3d 1046 (2014)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Dominic VERSER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

June 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jennifer S. Tatum , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Michael C. Duma , assistant district attorney, Jerome A. Gorman , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.


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

A jury convicted Dominic Verser of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the March 2009 shooting death of Olivia Anaekwe, the mother of his child. On this appeal, Verser raises four issues: (1) failure to grant a mistrial; (2) failure to apply K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-455 to evidence of a previous dispute between Verser and Anaekwe; (3) error in a jury instruction on reasonable doubt; and (4) error...

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