Wilkins v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This K.S.A. 60-1507 appeal involves movant Michael D. Wilkins’ 1996 convictions arising out of the 1993 murder of David Shipley. The district judge denied Wilkins collateral relief after an evidentiary hearing on his ineffective assistance of counsel and Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215, 83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963), claims. A panel of our Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for new trial in Wilkins v. State, No. 95,023, unpublished opinion filed November 22, 2006. We granted the State’s petition for review.

We address the merits…