Kleypas v. State

No. 124,152 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS GARY WAYNE KLEYPAS, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Because of the importance of access to habeas proceedings and the grave nature of capital cases, courts must employ the same elevated awareness for fairness in reviewing a K.S.A. 60-1507 proceeding as applies in other areas of death-penalty review. 2. In Kansas, a party has the right to represent themselves or to be represented by counsel, but they have no right to hybrid representation. A litigant who is represented by counsel has no right to…