State v. Beltz – Stegall – Affirmed

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 111,785 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. KYLE R. BELTZ, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Felony murder contains two causation elements. First, the death must lie within the res gestae of the underlying crime. Second, there must be a direct causal connection between the felony and homicide, which exists unless an extraordinary intervening event supersedes the defendant's act and becomes the sole legal cause of death. 2. Criminal violence that erupts during a sale of drugs is not an extraordinary intervening event. Such violence, when deadly,…