State v. Barncord

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is a direct appeal from jury convictions of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401) and aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427). The issues .on appeal are whether amendments made to the criminal complaint were prejudicial, whether there was prosecutorial misconduct, and whether the jury was properly instructed.

On the night of August 14, 1984, the body of Carl James Baldwin was discovered on a stairway of the Kansas Avenue bridge in Topeka, Kansas. He had been stabbed 65 times. Carl Baldwin had last been seen in the company of the…