State v. Pattillo

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 118,941 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN PATTILLO, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Generally, an aggravated assault that escalates into a murder is not distinct from the homicide and cannot serve as the independent collateral felony necessary to support a felony-murder conviction. This general rule will not apply if there is a separation of time or distance or if an intervening factor breaks the causal relationship between the aggravated assault and the homicide. Applying those principles here, where 14 gunshots were fired in…