State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

Danny H. Williams appeals his first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401) conviction for the brutal stabbing death of Francis Ellifson.

The first issue on appeal is alleged error by the trial court in permitting the prosecution to present evidence of a twelve-year-old Idaho murder conviction for purposes of proving identity.

K.S.A. 60-455 provides:

“Subject to K.S.A. 60-447 evidence that a person committed a crime or civil wrong on a specified occasion, is inadmissible to prove his or her disposition to commit crime or civil wrong as the basis for…