State v. Leaper

196 P.3d 949 (2008)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee,

v.

Tyrone LEAPER, Appellant.

No. 98,403.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

December 5, 2008.

Sarah Morrison and Heather Cessna, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.

Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney, and Stephen N. Six, attorney general, for appellee.

Before MALONE, P.J., ELLIOTT and MARQUARDT, JJ.

MARQUARDT, J.

Tyrone Leaper appeals his conviction for second-degree murder and his sentence of 620 months' imprisonment. We affirm.

On May 12, 2006, Leaper went to his sister Erica's apartment. Leaper's brother, Roderick, and Christopher Lovitch,…