State v. Harden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is a criminal action wherein the defendant was charged with the first degree murder of his wife pursuant to K. S. A. 21-401. He was convicted by a jury of second degree murder pursuant to K. S. A. 21-402 and was sentenced in accordance with K. S. A. 21-403 and K. S. A. 76-2306 to the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory for a term of twenty years. Appeal has been duly perfected.

The appellant contends the trial court erred in three particulars: (1) In allowing the appellant’s confession to police officers to go to the jury; (2) in…