State v. Allison

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This first-degree murder case considers defendant Christopher J. Allison’s four contentions that: (1) the district court erred in instructing the jury concerning the testimony of a witness who receives benefits from the State; (2) the State’s service of notice of intent to seek the hard-40 sentence under K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 21-4624(1) was not proper; (3) the district court erred in admitting as rebuttal, the testimony of the attorney who represented an accomplice in plea bargain negotiations; and (4) he did not receive a fair trial because of…