State v. Dixon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

This is a direct appeal by Elbert C. Dixon from his conviction by a jury of one count of attempted first-*40degree murder, K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 21-3301; K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 21-3401. His sentence is 15 years to life imprisonment.

At approximately 10:00 p.m. on March 19, 1990, Elbert Dixon shot Marva Bell in the chin. Bell and Dixon had lived together until approximately two weeks before the shooting. Bell testified that she and her children had moved back to her father’s house because Dixon had beaten her, threatened her at knifepoint, and taken…