STATE v. QUALLS

No. 115,648.

439 P.3d 301 (2019)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. James A. QUALLS III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kasper C. Schirer , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Carol Longenecker Schmidt , of the same office, was on the brief for appellant.

Rachel L. Pickering , assistant solicitor general, argued the cause, and Michael F. Kagay , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


In 2008, James Qualls shot a man to death following a dispute over a pool game. He was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder. This court reversed the conviction for failure to give lesser included offenses instructions. State v. Qualls, 297 Kan. 61

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