State v. Leaper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

Tyrone Leaper was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Christopher Lovitch and received a sentence of 620 months’ imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted Leaper’s petition for review; our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(b).

Leaper’s issues on appeal, and our accompanying holdings, are as follows;

1. Did the district court err in denying Leaper’s motion for a mistrial? No.

2. Did the district court err in its procedures for the jury’s use of transcripts during its deliberations? Not preserved for review.

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