State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This is a direct appeal from a jury verdict wherein the defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder of his wife in violation of K.S.A. 21-3401.

James E. Taylor, the defendant, testified that on Friday, May 28, 1982, he and his wife, Shirley Ann Taylor, drove in the defendant’s automobile from Salina to the Brookville Hotel, Brookville, Kansas, for dinner. The Taylors entered the Brook-ville Hotel at approximately 7:30 p.m., ate dinner and departed around 8:30 p.m. The Taylors returned to the location in Salina where Mrs. Taylor had…