State v. Cooperwood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

Sam Cooperwood, II, was convicted by a jury of attempted voluntary manslaughter for stabbing Belinda Dorsey in the chest with a steak knife. The Court of Appeals affirmed in State v. Cooperwood, No. 92,488, unpublished opinion filed January 20, 2006. This court granted his petition for review under K.S.A. 20-3018(b).

The issues on appeal, and this court’s accompanying holdings, are as follows:

1. Did the trial court deny Cooperwood his right to a fair trial by refusing his request to call an expert witness to testily regarding the…