State v. Clark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

Defendant, Robert B. Clark, appeals from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter (K. S. A. 21-3403) 'stemming from die fatal shooting of his wife, Julia. We are reversing the judgment of the trial court and remanding the case for a new trial for error in the instructions and error in the admission into evidence of prejudicial photographs.

Robert and Julia Clark were married on June 23, 1972. It was Robert’s second marriage, his first having ended in divorce. His first wife, Val, returned to her former home in Germany after their divorce, along…