State v. Burrow & Dohlmar

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

Michael E. Burrow and Mark E. Dohlmar were each convicted of murder in the second degree in violation of K. S. A. 21-3402 at the conclusion of a lengthy jury trial in the district court of Sedgwick County, and each was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than fifteen years nor more than life. This is a direct appeal from those convictions. The sole question presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct on lesser included degrees of homicide, voluntary manslaughter (K. S. A. 21-3403) and involuntary manslaughter (K. S.…