State v. Kleypas

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 101,724 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. GARY W. KLEYPAS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The doctrine of res judicata does not apply to a second appeal within the same case—that is, to an appeal from proceedings occurring on remand from a prior appeal. 2. Under the law of the case doctrine, when a second appeal is brought in the same case, the first decision is the settled law of the case on all questions involved in the first appeal, and reconsideration will not normally be given to such questions. 3. The doctrine of the law of the case is…