State v. Franklin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, C.J.:

Adrian Franklin was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (K.S.A. 21-3403), a severity level 3 person felony, and sentenced to 51 months’ imprisonment. He appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial which was predicated upon a claim that the jury had failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

The underlying facts of the crime are not involved in the issue presented and will be highly summarized. On June 4,1995, a confrontation occurred between defendant and the victim, Namon Goff, in a Wichita restaurant. The two men left…