State v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

Amoneo D. Lee was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401[a]) and criminal possession of a firearm (K.S.A. 21-4204[a][4]).

We review whether the district court erred in: (1) finding probable cause at the preliminary hearing to bind Lee over for trial on his first-degree murder charge and (2) admitting a journal entry as evidence of the type and nature of Lee’s prior conviction of aggravated battery in the State’s proof of the firearms charge. We answer the first issue, “no” and the second, “yes.” Finding no reversible error,…