State v. Rupe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

Following a jury trial defendant-appellant, John L. *475Rupe, was convicted of first degree felony murder (K.S.A. 21-3401) and of aggravated burglary (K.S.A. 21-3716). After denial of his motion for a new trial and sentencing on both counts, defendant appeals from the convictions and sentences. He specifies three points of error.

There is little dispute in the facts presented. Defendant and Martha L. Locke, the victim, had been involved in a rocky, unstable relationship for a number of years. Some of their problems stemmed from defendant’s heavy…