State v. Lloyd

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.;

A jury convicted Jonell Lloyd of first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder, and abuse of a 17-month-old child. He appeals his convictions, arguing: (1) reversible error in denying his belated motion to strike a prosecution witness’ pretrial statement and trial testimony; (2) insufficient evidence to support premeditated first-degree murder; and (3) reversible error in admitting evidence of another crime contrary to K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 60-455. We affirm his convictions.

Lloyd also challenges his life sentence, claiming the district court…